Republicans: Jobs created by Obamacare are bad

Sen. Jim DeMint, job hater.
(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Why do Republicans hate job creation?

Republicans argued Tuesday that the Obama administration has hired droves of new bureaucrats to implement the administration's healthcare reform law.

The Joint Economic Committee, led by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), said Tuesday that the Health and Human Services Department has swelled because of 'ObamaCare.' Employment at HHS has grown by 11 percent under President Obama, the JEC said.

That figure, however, includes data from well before Obama signed the healthcare law, and even a few months during which he was not president.

Oh, that's right, Republicans only hate public sector jobs. And it seems that they only hate public sector jobs when they are created by a Democratic president. Employment at the HHS increased by 16 percent between 2006 and 2007, when George W. Bush was president. Do you remember the outcry from DeMint and fellow Republicans then? Me neither.