The Unforgiveness of the Unemployment Rates

The unemployment rates climbed beyond 10 percent and is headed towards the 15 percent mark. If you counted those who had stopped looking for a job, the real unemployment rate was closer to 25 percent. There was no glory to be one on the poppy fields of Afghanistan. Everlasting glory didn't come in the form of military victory in this day and age. It came in the forms of everlasting social programs that grew and endured to the benefit of all Americans.