Job Losses Compared

Dollars & Sense collective member and Bentley University economist Bryan Snyder sent us this rather disturbing graph, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data (including data from last Friday’s jobs report), requesting that we post it to the blog with the following question: “Stare at this image for a few minutes…if you see a ‘sailboat’ or a ‘tax cut,’ chances are you are a Republican.”

Click on the image for a better view.

Bryan just told me it’s from Nancy Pelosi’s website, and that he first saw it last night on Rachel Maddow’s show.