claim: "since february 2009, the private sector has lost millions of jobs while the federal government has grown by hundreds of thousands of workers."
author: john boehner
evidence_1: aug 25, 2010 ... "since february 2009, the private sector has lost millions of jobs while the federal  government has grown by hundreds of thousands of workers ...
evidence_2: jan 8, 2019 ... the economy began growing in mid-2009 ... total employment (private plus  government) averaged just under ... rose by 301,000 in december, federal  government employment fell by 3,000, ... but the economy has long since  recovered the 8.7 million jobs lost .... average hourly earnings: private sector.
evidence_3: jan 18, 2017 ... here's what really happened to jobs during the obama years ... in fact, there  has been growth of at least 2 million jobs in each of president ... was collapsing  and hundreds of thousands of american workers were losing their jobs each  month. ... that's the lowest it's been since august 2007, and a drastic ...
evidence_4: apr 4, 2011 ... december 2007–june 2009 recession,1 par- ticularly ... point, february 2010,  u.s. employment had declined by 8.8 million from its prerecession ... economy.10  according to the federal reserve, u.s. house- ... side of housing continued to  grow as gdp expanded and ...... thousands) .... in the private sector.
evidence_5: of the 431,000, only 41,000 private-sector jobs were created — significantly  fewer ... the u.s. economy has lost at least 500,000 full-time permanent jobs  since ... than four million additional jobs were lost during obama's first year in  office. ... the federal government would be hiring directly in the hundreds of  thousands or ...