it means that only about 63.5% of the american people are working. and that s the lowest in 32 years. now, that s a number, but what it means is, to our economy, we want a larger we and the as many people working as we possibly can. if people, as many people working as possible, that means there s nor money that they re spending at the stores or purchases saving, able to provide for improvements to their homes and able to send to college. this is the lowest in 32 years. if the labor participation rate was the same as it was under bush, the unemployment rate would be 11.2%, but the difference is, we ve got all of these people so discouraged they ve dropped out of the work force altogether. remember, we ve got 8.1% unemployment. president obama told us on january 9th of 2010 2009. that if we passed the stimulus bill, the 830 billion dollar surplus bill that today, the unemployment rate would be 5.6%. and if we did nothing, if we
national committee, reince priebus. you know, here s one statistic, the labor force participation rate. if it were at the level it was in january of 2009 when the president took office, right now, the unemployment rate would be 11.2%. the numbers are phony, fraudulent and deceptive this. bothers me, especially heading into the final months of the election. do you think that story is getting out that, 96,000, but we wliewz 360,000 that are participating because they gave up? it is going to get out and it is getting out. we are seeing it, hitting people across america. i was in iowa yesterday. people get tsean. i mean, people were talking last night that the president s speech was flat. it is almost as if he knew that the truth would be waiting at his doorstep the next morning. in fact, it was. and what the good thing about our situation here in this race
the chairman of the republican national committee, reince priebus. you know, here s one statistic, the labor force participation rate. if it were at the level it was in january of 2009 when the president took office, right now, the unemployment rate would be 11.2%. the numbers are phony, fraudulent and deceptive this. bothers me, especially heading into the final months of the election. do you think that story is getting out that, 96,000, but we wliewz 360,000 that are participating because they gave up? it is going to get out and it is getting out. we are seeing it, hitting people across america. i was in iowa yesterday. people get tsean. i mean, people were talking last night that the president s speech was flat. it is almost as if he knew that the truth would be waiting at his doorstep the next morning. in fact, it was. and what the good thing about our situation here in this race
did not pass this 832 billion dollar stimulus bill that s costing us over a trillion dollars when you add in the interest, if we did nothing, unemployment would be 6% and yet, it s 8.1% fas many people were in the work force as we had back then, it d be 11.2. one out of every six americans is either out of work, working part-time, but looking for full-time work desperately because they want to put food on the table for their family or so discouraged they ve dropped out of the work forges, every six americans. despite that, even your column inwall journal, how do the poll numbers. wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. i don t think they look decent. he s the incumbent president of the united states and locked in a dead even rate, and they found 30% of americans don t think they know enough about mitt romney to make a decision. more on that, karl. you re coming back on the other side of the break. talking about the poll numbers
national committee, reince priebus. you know, here s one statistic, the labor force participation rate. if it were at the level it was in january of 2009 when the president took office, right now, the unemployment rate would be 11.2%. the numbers are phony, fraudulent and deceptive this. bothers me, especially heading into the final months of the election. do you think that story is getting out that, 96,000, but we wliewz 360,000 that are participating because they gave up? it is going to get out and it is getting out. we are seeing it, hitting people across america. i was in iowa yesterday. people get tsean. i mean, people were talking last night that the president s speech was flat. it is almost as if he knew that the truth would be waiting at his doorstep the next morning. in fact, it was. and what the good thing about our situation here in this race is that, you know, the truth