but what we haven t had is any private sector job growth. you are right starting in february of 2009 we were told this was for shovel-ready projects it would put americans instantly back to work. the jobs never appeared. there were some jobs created. the problem is, at the same time, the negative effect of all that spending, all that massive increase in debt had a negative effect on the willingness of private sector employers to create jobs. greta: if we were to give president obama a score card on the economy we could have to start in february of 09 and look at housing charts, unemployment, housing sector not jobs from the census. regular indicators. take all those indicators and see which way it is trending and how quickly or steeply it is we have had some modest growth and gdp get. what americans mostly concern themselves with now is jobs. if you look at from february 2009, your starting point,
but what we haven t had is any private sector job growth. you are right starting in february of 2009 we were told this was for shovel-ready projects it would put americans instantly back to work. the jobs never appeared. there were some jobs created. the problem is, at the same time, the negative effect of all that spending, all that massive increase in debt had a negative effect on the willingness of private sector employers to create jobs. greta: if we were to give president obama a score card on the economy we could have to start in february of 09 and look at housing charts, unemployment, housing sector not jobs from the census. regular indicators. take all those indicators and see which way it is trending and how quickly or steeply it is we have had some modest growth and gdp get. what americans mostly concern themselves with now is jobs. if you look at from february 2009, your starting point, until now, we ve lost about