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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
    Cesar Chavez

    :: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 ::

    Top Gun at Job Destruction For a good comparison of how Bush's record of job destruction compares to previous presidencies since World War II, check out the following compilation by the International Association of Machinists, which looked at the average growth in monthly employment during the terms of the last fifteen presidential administrations.

    Truman First Term: 60,000 jobs gained per month
    Truman Second Term: 113,000 jobs gained per month
    Eisenhower First Term: 58,000 jobs gained per month
    Eisenhower Second Term: 15,000 jobs gained per month
    Kennedy: 122,000 jobs gained per month
    Johnson: 206,000 jobs gained per month
    Nixon First Term: 129,000 jobs gained per month
    Nixon/Ford : 105,000 jobs gained per month
    Carter: 218,000 jobs gained per month
    Reagan First Term: 109,000 jobs gained per month
    Reagan Second Term: 224,000 jobs gained per month
    G. Bush: 52,000 jobs gained per month
    Clinton First Term: 242,000 jobs gained per month
    Clinton Second Term: 235,000 jobs gained per month
    G.W. Bush : 69,000 jobs LOST per month
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