Despite hype, unemployment news is grim

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Stan Guthrie

The Obama administration and their sycophants in the (once)-mainstream media trumpeted the increase of 162,000 jobs in March claiming that the recovery in underway and becoming entrenched. This included 48,000 part-time workers for the Census and another 40,000 new part-time jobs in the rest of the economy.

Nevertheless, behind these headlines the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics also reveal a grimmer side of the picture.

By Steve McCann

About Stan Guthrie

Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers. Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's €œTell Me More,€ WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio'€™s €œNew Day Florida.€ A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
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