Right-wingers are alerting us to a new statistic they regard as evidence of America's decline:
Recovery woes: America's second-largest employer is a temp agencyHmmm ... Kelly Services is the #2 employer in America, just behind Wal-Mart. When have I heard this before?
Behind Wal-Mart, the second-largest employer in America is Kelly Services, a temporary work provider....
Oh, yeah -- in 2008, when George W. Bush was still president, as noted here and here:
(The source is The Almanac of American Employers 2008, by Jack W. Plunkett of Plunkett Research, Inc.)
Yes, I thought we could hope for more from Obama. But what we have now isn't a uniquely Obama-esque decline. It's a continuation of what we had pre-Obama. Righties, I don't recall you posting those 2008 stats. Did you?
