# 2,000,000 jobs created in 15 months

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-000-000-jobs-created-in-15-months/584697>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 8, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-000-000-jobs-created-in-15-months/584697 "2011-06-08T01:58:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-000-000-jobs-created-in-15-months/584697/21 "2011-06-08T22:16:51Z")

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Added two million, but lost about eight million. You do the math.

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**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-000-000-jobs-created-in-15-months/584697/22 "2011-06-08T22:25:52Z")

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Cite that 8 million jobs were lost in the last 15 months?

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-000-000-jobs-created-in-15-months/584697/23 "2011-06-08T22:34:43Z")

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> [@woodstockbirdybird](#):
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> Cite that 8 million jobs were lost in the last 15 months?

President Barack Obama said seven million, so it might be that instead of eight, but it’s a lot.

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