America Needs More Than a Part-Time Recovery PDF Print

America deserves more than a part-time recovery.  While any new job is good news for the American who finds it, the unemployment report released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows unacceptably weak job creation in September.  The grim reality is that although the unemployment rate has dipped, the slight decline occurred mostly because the number of people with part-time jobs who wanted full-time work rose substantially.  Furthermore, the unemployment figure does not count those who are so discouraged that they have given up looking for work.  So the “real” unemployment rate is higher than 10% nationwide, and considerably higher here in Northern California.

We still have 23 million Americans who can’t find adequate work to meet the needs of their families.  The number of jobs added in September is 36,000 short of what our economy needs to just keep pace with people entering the workforce for the first time.  With the economic growth figure in the second quarter of 2012 recently revised down to 1.3 percent, it is clear that President Obama’s policies have not turned things around.

I believe we need to implement new policies that emphasize job creation and economic growth. House Republicans have passed a Plan for America’s Job Creators to get businesses hiring again so that all Americans who want a full-time job can have a full-time job.  We can do better.  We must.

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