That is the number according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics that the economy created under Dubya's Watch.
But just how bad is that? Bill Clinton over the same period created 23.07 million, Reagan 15.935 Million, Poppy bush? 2.5 over four years. Carter 10.488 over four years. This is an Epic FAIL.
He inherited an unemployment rate of 4.2% and leaves office at 7.2% that leaves him +3.0 net. But just how bad is that? Under Bill unemployment dropped Bill 3.3% Under Reagan unemployment dropped 1.8% Poppy? +1.7% Carter lowered unemployment 1.9%. Again This is an Epic FAIL!
But hey you say 3 million sounds like a lot. Well actually just to keep up with new entrants to the labor force you'd need 150,000 a month 1.8 million a year. So 1.8 million x 8 equals 14.4 million. That makes Bush actually down 11.36 million jobs for his terms. Again an EPIC FAIL!