The unemployment rate was 8.1 percent in August, down from a high under Obama of 10 percent. President Obama promised that if the $800 billion stimulus were passed, unemployment would stay below 8 percent and would be around 6 percent by now. Since the passage of his stimulus, we’ve hardly seen “below 8 percent” again. In fact, the percentage of employed Americans has dropped since the recovery began, from 59.4 percent to 58.4 percent.