Heritage Foundation?, haha.
The truth is that a large majority of the newly created jobs are full-time and many of them pay well and have benefits. The economy is expanding on almost all fronts and that is reflected in the large amount of hiring taking place. The number of people who are part-time that would like to be full-time decreased pretty significantly and is at it's lowest level since 2009.
The subsidized jobs you speak of are a very tiny percentage of the total of new hires.
Some additional food for thought:
"It was the sixth month in a row that the economy added at least 100,000 jobs, the longest streak since 2006. The economy added jobs every month last year, the first time that has happened since 2005.
Indeed, the economy added 1.6 million jobs for all of 2011. That is better than the 940,000 it added during 2010. In 2009, the most bruising year of the Great Recession, the nation lost more than 5 million.
The report painted a picture of a broadly improving job market. Average hourly pay rose by 4 cents. The average workweek lengthened by six minutes, a sign that business is picking up and companies may soon need to hire.
In manufacturing, the 225,000 jobs added for the year are the most since 1997, and are particularly good signs for the economy. Factory jobs tend to pay well, and plant expansions signal that businesses are gaining confidence about the future.
LL Bean is adding 125 workers at its plant in Maine to keep up with demand for its popular duck boot. In North Carolina, Baldor Electric is expanding a plant that makes wind-powered motors, adding 166 jobs outside Gastonia. And Chrysler, bouncing back from bankruptcy, just announced that it is hiring 1,250 at two Detroit factories.
Telecommunications and finance companies are restoring the jobs they eliminated at the depths of the Great Recession. And human resources employees, among the first jobs slashed when the economy collapsed, are in demand.
A more robust hiring market coincides with data suggesting the economy ended the year with some momentum. Holiday sales were solid, and November and December were the strongest months of 2011 for U.S. auto sales."
There are also 8.1 million Americans working part-time who would rather be working full-time, though that number has fallen from 9.3 million in September and is the lowest since January 2009.
http://www.nola.com/business/index.s...bs_in_dec.html
The above stats are from a January article, things have gotten steadily better from then to now.
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