Wiston Papers

What's the truth?

The latest jobs creation report this month--coupled with the unemployment  statistics--will add fuel to the already heated presidential debate over unemployment and the economy.

Governor Mitt Romney will cite the declining numbers of monthly job creation as proof that President Obama's economic policies have failed. Mr. Obama will point to the drop in the overall unemployment percentage as evidence that his program is working.

Both will have numbers to support their contention--numbers that are both right but incomplete.

The indisputable fact, however, is that 12.5 million Americans are without jobs according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

And that truth is simply unacceptable no matter how you look at it.

Steve Coon

May 06, 2012