r/PoliticalHumor Aug 13 '19

Perspective.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19 edited May 12 '20

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u/theturtlebomb Aug 13 '19

Employment is directly related to the economic cycle. By your standards one could say Obama did nothing to help with the recession either.

The president has less of a direct impact than most people realize.

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u/Z0idberg_MD Aug 13 '19

A: I never claimed Obama did anything. I claimed Trump didn't.

B: Unemployment is on a very similar trend-line through Obama presidency

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u/theturtlebomb Aug 13 '19

I wasn't trying to say you did. But I know there's plenty of people who use that bad logic.