JOBS PROGRAM – AT 8:28 A.M. ET:  Who says the government doesn't know how to defeat unemployment?  From The Washington Times:

While Washington legislators debate what role the government should play in job creation this year, the government itself is poised to go on a major hiring spree this spring.

That is because of the granddaddy of all government programs — the census, a house-by-house head count of the population conducted every 10 years since 1790. The Census Bureau is starting to hire 1.4 million people to man offices and go door to door collecting information about everything from household income to health status.

The beginning of the Census Bureau's massive but temporary hiring binge was evident in the Labor Department's report released Friday that showed federal employment expanded by 33,000 in January, including the addition of 9,000 census workers. But economists say that trickle of jobs will turn into a gusher in the months ahead.

COMMENT:  Now, here is the question:  When this happens, will it be reported honestly, as a temporary government program?  Or, will the spin machine claim that the economy is growing, and unemployment is being defeated?  Would you trust MSNBC on this?

We'll monitor and tell you.

February 8, 2010