I have followed jfern's link to the Bureau of Labor Statistics site and tried to duplicate the chart's numbers. I can't get it to agree. For example, using Reagan (1981-1988), I get about 2.6%. Maybe I am doing something wrong. Has someone duplicated the results?
The chart itself comes from a pro Democrat shill site (
www.americanassembler.com). The chart also has -9% for Hoover, when the Bureau of Labor site that is linked only goes back to 1939. I am not rejecting the number, only indicating that the source of the American Assembler chart may be different from the stat link provided.
If someone has duplicated the numbers, let me know how. It is a cool site.
