Name:   architect - Subject:   The bad news just keeps coming Date:   9/5/2014 11:02:44 PM (updated 9/5/2014 11:08:37 PM)

1.  142,000 new jobs in August.

2.  Unemployment down to 6.1%, matching the lowest monthly rate since mid 2008.

3.  Employment has gone up every month for more than 4 years in a row.  Something that has not happened

       since the mid 90's

4.  More than 9,450,000 new jobs since Feb 2009.

5.  More than 7.3 times as many new jobs between Jan 20, 2009 and today as between Jan 20, 2001 and

       Jan 19, 2009.

6.  More than 900,000 more people are working today than at the pre-recession peak.  There are more

        Americans working today than ever before!!

Yeah, yeah...I know MM, today's figure was a "disappointment" to you. I also know that if the president of the United States had an R after his name you would be praising the above statistics as outstanding...which is what they are considering the head winds thrown up against recovery by the take no prisoners, no compromise ever, "shut it down" Tea party gang of nutcases running the congress and ruining the country today.