US Issues 'False' Jobless Reports Every Month, Says Abayomi Azikiwe, PANW Editor
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| Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, in Press TV graphic. |
Mon Apr 7, 2014 6:10AM GMT
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The US government's monthly report on the unemployment rates in the
country gives a "false picture" of the labor market's condition, says
Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan-African News Wire.
"The unemployment rates that are issued every month give a false
picture of the national conditions in the labor market," Azikiwe told
Press TV on Sunday.
The US unemployment rate has fallen from a high of 10 percent in
October 2009 to 6.7 percent in March. However, much of the decline in
the US unemployment rate is attributed to people who have dropped out
of the workforce.
"More and more people have dropped out of the labor market because
there are no real jobs to be searched for. The unemployment rate only
measures those people who are actively seeking work; when there is no
work to be sought, of course, these people are considered not to be
unemployed," Azikiwe said.
"The ideological aversion to job creation by the federal government in
many ways is the problem related to each successive administration's
capacity and ability to enact full employment programs," he stated.
Azikiwe said that poverty is increasing in the US and neither of the
two major political parties in the country is making any significant
effort to resolve the problem.
"We have poverty that's on the rise inside the United States and there
is no concrete program on the part of either the Obama administration,
representative of Democratic Party, or the Republican opposition in
the Senate or the Republican majority in the House Of Representatives
to create full employment inside the United States."
Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) said Saturday that the Obama
administration has produced "no measurable end results" and done
little to reverse the unemployment trend in the country.
"As we all know, the most important issue facing our nation today is
job creation," Scott said.
"Unfortunately, it's been that way for the last six years. But instead
of tackling the causes of unemployment and underemployment, too many
politicians are focused only on the effects and on making political
points," Scott stated.
Azikiwe said that while he agrees that the Obama administration is not
doing enough for job creation, "the alternative that has been
presented by the Republican Party is just as bad, if not worse, as the
programs being advanced by the Democratic Party."
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