The GOP Hasn't Created A Single Job In 35 Years

     Ronald Reagan. Most Republicans wax poetic about the Apartheid-sympathizing, AIDS-ignoring 20th century version of Kevin Sorbo because he created 17 million jobs in two terms. Never mind the fact that Jimmy Carter, who most people have been told is a failure, created 10 million jobs in one term (a rate higher than Reagan's) or that, after forty years and five tax cuts, the benefits to the wealthy have yet to "trickle down."

     Still, he is the best the GOP has been able to do on jobs in the modern era; it's all gone downhill from there. During his administration, George H.W. Bush created 2.6 million jobs in four years. It was up to Bill Clinton to pick up the pace and create more than 22 million jobs in eight years, the most of any president. George W. Bush added a net total of 500,000 jobs to the economy in eight years, when his job growth and then the job loss due to the 2007-2008 recession are balanced against one another. That amounts to 3.1 million jobs created in 12 years in the White House between 1989 and 2017. 

     This, in itself, would place the GOP well below Democrats in terms of jobs (Democrats created over 35 million jobs in the 16 years they held the White House during that same period). However, Donald Trump was the straw that broke the camel's back and really made the GOP's economic claims quite pathetic. With George W. Bush's job record worse than that of his father, Donald Trump's was far worse than that of George W. Bush: Trump cost America 3.1 million jobs during his time in the White House. 3.1 million jobs created and 3.1 million jobs lost? Yep. That's a net total of zero jobs created by Republican presidents since 1989, and, in spite of what Mike Lindell claims, no Republican will be president until at least 2025. 

     The GOP hasn't created a single job in 35 years. The people who vote for Republicans often claim that it is because issues like gay rights, higher education, and climate change don't matter to the working class: it is all about jobs. If this statistic doesn't sway your opinion, than what will aside from the realization that voting Republican is akin to shooting oneself in the foot and enjoying it?