This right here. Also don’t forget the fact that the jobs “lost” were not long term jobs in the first place. Or the fact that the jobs “lost” aren’t even a drop in the bucket compared to the numbers of some of the layoffs that major corporations do every year without help from the government.

Considering that if you adjust for inflation, the national average cost of a gallon of gas in July 2008 is equivalent to $5.10 a gallon today, things aren’t that bad. As I recall, a republican was in his second term in office at the time…..