Bob Beauprez Quotes

Job growth well in excess of population increase would be a very good thing if it were only that easy.

Our country needs to produce 250,000 net new jobs every month just to keep even with population growth.

More Missourians are working than ever before.

Two new workers are being added to the population for every one job that is created.

It takes about two and a half percent growth just to keep unemployment stable.

Today, there are more Americans working than ever before in the history of our Nation, and the average wage of those workers is higher than it has ever been in the history of our Nation.

We obviously would like to get unemployment as low as we possibly can.

Many counties in Maryland are above the average unemployment rate for both Maryland and the United States. We need representation in Congress who will make creating jobs the No. 1 priority so the people of Maryland can get back to work.

President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the small growth in jobs isn't even keeping up with population growth, much less returning the workforce to a healthy level.

People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created.

The issue most on Hoosiers' minds is job creation, job retention, and household income.

We've created over 200,000 jobs every month this year. Hasn't happened in 17 years. I guess my first question is, when do the Republicans stop calling it 'Obama's economy'?

In the long run, the right answer to unemployment is to create more jobs.

I think that every job that you can save is important. Every job that you can create is very important and it should not be the number one reason why we invest in infrastructure to create jobs.

This majority is working for America, and one of those ways is we have tremendously low unemployment. This economy has created millions of new jobs, and we are expecting growth this first quarter of somewhere higher than 4 percent.

When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day.

I'm all about job creation. That's what I've done for ten years as the governor of Texas, and that's what I'm focused on.

The Obama economy has led to the lowest labor force participation since 1978.

I define genuine full employment as a situation where there are at least as many job openings as there are persons seeking employment, probably calling for a rate of unemployment, as currently measured, of between 1 and 2 percent.

Well, our economy is very strong and growing. We have created 5.4 million new jobs in the last 3 years. Our unemployment rate is better than the average unemployment rate of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way.

My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.

There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant or when wages were as high,…

Bill Clinton's legacy on job creation should be assailed by none and admired by every presidential candidate who hopes to do the same.

As the economy improves, there aren't as many opportunities.