60 days, 60 stats - #10
Well, I guess #10 means we're 1/6 of the way there. When I started this project, I wondered if I could actually find 60 relevant statistics, but maybe it's possible. Today's statistic is 608,000 - that's the number of government jobs lost or eliminated by Obama. That's right, under his watch the government payroll (including state & local) has shrunk 2.7%. At the same point in Bush's first term, public sector employment was UP 3.7%. Are you noticing a theme here? Republican Presidents absolutely do not shrink the size of government. Here's a chart of just the Bush/Obama 1st term comparison .