Kansas Labor Secretary Jim Garner joined other state labor department administrators as well as public policy, labor and civil rights
representatives in calling on Congress to act expeditiously to renew provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act related to unemployment. The provisions are set to expire at the end of the year, leaving millions of unemployed Americans without benefits.
“Unfortunately, the job market is not seeing the same signs of recovery that have been evident for the remainder of the economy,” Garner said. “Until we begin to see improvement in the labor market, keeping these critical benefits available to the millions of people without work due to this recession will be imperative.”
I guess my main question is: what improvement is Garner seeing in the rest of the economy. Seems to me I heard Obama say something like that also. Yet everything remains the same as it was and still declining. If there is still growing unemployment, then there has to still be businesses not functioning as well or growing and less income being circulated into the economy by buyers.
