99ers and the Long-term Unemployed

99ers and the Long-term Unemployed Are the Elephants in the Economic Recovery Room

The latest BLS employment report showed a gain of 244,000 jobs for April, which was trumpeted by the Obama administration and the media as a continuation of a rapidly improving jobs market. While job growth is important, it's also important to realize the jobs hole that needs to be filled. Over the past four months more than 800,000 jobs have been created, but in January 2009 alone, more than 800,000 jobs were lost. Read the full article pubished by Huffpost Aol News