“Today’s report marks a milestone in America’s comeback.
“Three years ago, I inherited an economy on the brink. With today’s report of 303,000 new jobs in March, we have passed the milestone of 15 million jobs created since I took office.
“That’s 15 million more people who have the dignity and respect that comes with a paycheck.”
What you just read is a quote from Joe Biden, regarding Friday’s job report, which suggested there were 303,000 additional non-farm jobs last month.
His quote is a flat-out lie.
The only way Joe Biden and the people around him can get away with a flat-out lie like this is is if most mainstream media look the other way. And they do.
But some of us don’t.
Here, excerpted from today’s editorial at Issues & Insights, are the actual facts…in other words, the answer to Joe Biden’s lie.
Even if that 15 million number was legitimate, does it mean that 15 million people got jobs?
Turns out, it doesn’t not by a long shot.
In a series of posts on X, Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni explains what these numbers really mean. The picture is far from rosy.
Antoni dug into the jobs data and discovered that all the new jobs created in March were part-time. The number of full-time jobs actually declined a little. This trend has been going on for a while, which is why the average number of hours worked each week has been trending down for three years.
Why the surge in part-time employment?
Antoni notes that many Americans who’ve been laid off ended up replacing one job with two or three part-time jobs. Others are picking up additional work to offset the ravages of Bidenflation. Neither are trends worth bragging about.
Then there’s the fact that many of the new jobs have gone to foreigners. In fact, over the past 12 months, native-born Americans lost 651,000 jobs, while foreign-born gained 1.3 million.
It goes without saying that if Biden were a Republican these statistics would all be front-page news.
Meanwhile, the inflation that Biden claims “has come down significantly” continues to ravage households.
A recent survey of renters and homeowners by Redfin showed that more than one in five say they’ve skipped meals, worked more hours, or sold belongings to cope with rising housing costs. More than a third said they have taken fewer or no vacations. Nearly 16% say they delayed or skipped medical care.
Yahoo Finance reports that “A stunning seven in 10 Americans have cut their contributions to their retirement savings accounts due to the rising cost of living.”
Do you remember our economy being “on the brink” when Biden took over? I sure don’t.
I remember 1.4% inflation and gas prices hovering in the low $2’s ($2.11 the week Biden was elected on a promise of decimating our fossil fuel industry, $2.39 the week he took office and did so).
I remember basic food prices being far lower as well. From Chris Pandolfo’s article at foxbusiness.com:
A stick of butter costs nearly $1 more per pound than when Biden entered office. In January 2021, butter cost an average $3.64 per pound but is now sold at $4.63 per pound as of February 2024, an increase of 27%.
Boneless chicken breast has increased in price 26%, from $3.26 per pound in January 2021 to $4.11 per pound in February 2024.
White bread per pound is 30% more expensive, up to $2.01 per pound in February vs. $1.55 per pound in January 2021.
And white sugar has increased cost per pound from $0.68 to $0.98 in the last three years, a 44% increase.
I also remember that jobs, which had dropped from about 153,000,000 to 130,000,000 when the pandemic hit in March, 2020, had already climbed back to 143,000,000 the month Biden took office. Which means that 10,000,000 of the 15,000,000 “new jobs” he claims to have created were nothing other than jobs coming back from COVID. In actuality, more new jobs (about 6,000,000 of them) were created in Donald Trump’s first three years as President than in Biden’s.
Bottom line? Joe Biden is (and always has been) a liar, who will say anything that he thinks will get him votes. And a great many of our so-called media “journalists” are either too partisan or too lazy to call him on it.
But now you know better. Be sure to tell your friends.
