In his response to my May 16 letter, J.P. Robinson (Voice, 5-19) claims more jobs were created in Obama's first 3 years than all the George W. Bush years combined. Very little research on my behalf shows a net of almost 5 million jobs during the Bush years, and Obama has had a huge net loss of jobs.

Yes, the past 10 months have shown job gains, but we are still in a net loss, as many have dropped out of the search for jobs and the economy has shrank considerably during the Obama years. This, in spite of spending a trillion dollars and interest rates at an all time low.

Many Bush policies I disagreed with, but facts are facts. The Bush years had a better record until the Dems took over Congress in 2006, and the financial collapse started because of liberal policies Bush signed off on. We are still recovering from said failures. The problem will never be overcome with more and bigger government. All of Washington is failing the American people and very little common sense is coming from the White House or Congress.

It is time to take off the partisan glasses and stop drinking the Kool-Aid and elect common sense people with ideas to help, not prolong, the state we are now in. Obama's record for the first 3 years is abysmal, no "clear thinking" American can debate this.
Dean Tate,