Obama the socialist

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This from conservative pundit David Brooks:

Obama has championed a liberal agenda, but he hasn’t made the country unrecognizable. In 2008, federal spending accounted for about 20.3 percent of gross domestic product. In 2015, it accounted for about 20.9 percent.

You also might want to consider this:

While the private sector employment creation has been as good as any recovery, overall employment creation was held back by a rather unprecedented lack of growth in public sector employment. This never happened before:


You might also want to consider other things here. And then there is this:

Government data this morning showed that the U.S. gained 215,000 new jobs last month. Unemployment ticked up to 5 percent from 4.9 percent, as more people returned to the labor force. Wages increased 0.3 percent month to month, and are up 2.3 percent year over year. Payrolls expanded for the 70th consecutive month, averaging 198,000 a month during that stretch. Since the Great Recession ended, 14.5 million new private-sector jobs have been added to the economy.

Soaring Productivity Is Missing From the Numbers - Bloomberg View

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From today (April 14, 2016):

The number of U.S. workers who applied for new unemployment benefits fell for the second straight week to match its lowest level since 1973, in the latest sign of a robust labor market.

U.S. Jobless Claims Match Lowest Level Since 1973 - WSJ