Bush's Poor Record on Job Creation

Bush did not do very well during his first term with regards to job creation. This data is from a publication which is definately not biased against Bush--the Wall Street Journal. They also have multiple other tables which analyze this with different data. This is the first of their tables, all of which show poor results for Bush. Going by annual payroll data, Bush comes out even worse with a negative 0.2% change.

Calculated with Monthly Payroll-Survey Data	NET JOB GROWTH (thousands)	% CHANGE
Bush I (2001 to 2005)	119	0.3

Clinton II (1997 to 2001)	11,222	9.3
Clinton I (1993 to 1997)	11,507	10.5
Bush (1989 to 1993)	2,592	2.4
Reagan II (1985 to 1989)	10,780	11.2
Reagan I (1981 to 1985)	5,322	5.8
Carter (1977 to 1981)	10,339	12.8
Nixon / Ford (1973 to 1977)	5,072	6.7
Nixon (1969 to 1973)	6,182	8.9
Johnson (1965 to 1969)	9,855	16.5
Kennedy / Johnson (1961 to 1965)	5,900	11.0
Eisenhower II (1957 to 1961)	795	1.5
Eisenhower I (1953 to 1957)	2,743	5.5
Truman (1949 to 1953)	5,470	12.2
Roosevelt IV / Truman (1945 to 1949)	2,772	6.6
Roosevelt III (1941 to 1945)	7,423	21.5