President Joe Biden took a victory lap on Friday after the U.S. economy reported 517,000 new jobs in January, topping most economists’ expectations.
With outgoing National Economic Council (NEC) director Brian Deese and Council of Economic Advisors (CEC) head Cecilia Rouse behind him, President Biden claimed that he had created more jobs in two years than any other president in the same span.
“As my dad used to say, jobs are about a lot more than a paycheck,” he told reporters before leaving for Pennsylvania. “It’s about dignity, and 12 million more Americans get up every morning knowing they can provide for their families with a dignity and sense of self-worth that had been missing.”…