White House: Unemployment rate won't fall below 6% until 2017. USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

White House: Slower jobs recovery ahead

The White House budget office forecast Thursday that the unemployment rate won't fall below 6% until 2017 -- two years later than it predicted in February. FULL STORY

[Lionessa]

1. based on any current trends, I'd say that's way optimistic.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. NOBODY'S HIRING.

McDonald's and WalMart don't count.

Other than McJobs, NOBODY IS HIRING.

[Lionessa]

5. Exactly my thoughts.

[DotGone]

7. Even McJobs and Wally World aren't hiring in my area n/t

[KG]

3. of course not, if pres milquetoast is only going to offer up mamby-pamby jobs programs.

[banned from Kos]

4. I'd rather be told the truth than told to "go shopping" like Bushy-Boy

told us.

UE is too high no doubt.

[brentspeak]

6. Quick! Let's ship what's left of the USA's manufacturing over to South Korea

and slap Wall Street's wrist with a token civil fine.

At least Obama will have a sterling resume ready for when he becomes JPMorgan Chase's or Goldman Sach's next CEO.

[patrice]

8. New lessons in "You CANNOT win for losing" in this country. nt

[onehandle]

9. It would fall earlier if Republicans lost the House and we could win a simple majority in the Senate

That should be our message to the voters.

[Shandris]

10. CORRECTION: THIS JUST IN

There was an article released earlier in which it was stated that Unemployment would not fall below 6% until 2017. This was incorrect. It was meant to read '3017'. We apologize for any inconveniences.

White House Reporting Staff

:silly:

[jtuck004]

11. Millions of minimum wage jobs later.... /nt

[RB TexLa]

12. There is no reason not to tell us the truth. This is a 30 year recovery

That's how long it's going to take.