claim: with recent growth "it is very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing fine."
author: harry reid
evidence_1: jun 8, 2012 ... "we've got a couple of sectors in our economy that are still weak. overall, the  private sector has been doing a good job creating jobs. we've seen record profits  in the corporate sector. the big challenge we have in our economy right now is  state and local government hiring has been going in the wrong ...
evidence_2: nov 30, 2017 ... the united states went through its longest, and by most measures worst  economic recession since the great depression between december 2007 and  june ... the trend in job growth in 2010 was obscured by the rapid ramp-up and  subsequent decline in government hiring for the 2010 census, but private ...
evidence_3: sep 5, 2014 ... this is the best private sector jobs creation performance in american history.  unemployment reagan v obama bob deitrick: "president reagan has long  been considered the best modern economic president. so we compared his  performance dealing with the oil-induced recession of the 1980s with that of ...
evidence_4: nov 6, 2015 ... propelled by the north side and particularly a booming downtown, a key  chicago jobs measure is at its highest level since 9/11. but economic recovery  has been slower in suburban areas where, except in outlying will county, job  growth is rising at just 1 percent a year or less. the new figures are from ...
evidence_5: jul 15, 2015 ... the labor market is recovering from the deepest economic downturn since the  great depression. the private sector has added 12.8 million private-sector jobs  over 64 straight months of job growth, the longest streak of private-sector job  creation on record. the unemployment rate is down to 5.3 percent, ...