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Time for some perspective, people. Is America really going in the wrong direction?

John Lott (via The Conservative Mindreader)

Lott writes on Fox News.

A little perspective on the economy would be helpful. The average unemployment rate during President Clinton was 5.2 percent. The average under President George W. Bush is just slightly below 5.2. The current unemployment rate is 4.8 percent, almost half a percentage point lower than these averages.

The average inflation rate under Clinton was 2.6 percent, under Bush it is 2.7 percent. Indeed, one has to go back to the Kennedy administration to find a lower average rate. True the inflation rate over the last year has gone up to 4 percent, but that is still lower than the average inflation rate under all the presidents from Nixon through Bush’s father.

Reality bites. Of course we know how the left wing media will lie about the economy to justify a return to Democrat rule.

Chuck Johnson is a student at Claremont McKenna College. Feel free to contact him.