"BARACK OBAMA WOULD CREATE GOOD JOBS AND PROTECT WAGES
Barack Obama believes in an ‘aggressive strategy to create good, middle-class jobs' and would invest in education, training and workforce development to create high-wage jobs and compete in a global economy."
The AFL/CIO in its "Working Families Vote 2008" campaign. 
Hoven's Index for September 29, 2009
Non-farm payroll (number of jobs) at the end of December, 2008: 135.1 million.
Number of jobs at the end of August 2009: 131.2 million.
Number of jobs lost in first 8 months of 2009 (difference of above): 3.9 million.
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