Mitt Romney said at the debate last night that no private sector jobs have been created since the stimulus passed. That’s just false, and there’s no way to spin it that makes it true. No government jobs have been created, but to these guys that’s a feature, not a bug. Here’s the job numbers for the government sector from the date the stimulus was signed into law until today:
And here’s the private sector:
Socialism at work!
UPDATED 2/7/12: Previously I accidentally plotted the USGOVT data beginning 2/17/10 instead of 2/17/9. It has been corrected.
520 Chestnut 
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