According to recent statistics, the unemployment rate is approximately 10.6 %. The government has worked to find a solution to unemployment in the past, but a possible solution could be a government-operated employment program. Government employment programs are effective and find employment for people, but are not a permanent solution to unemployment. This PowerPoint explores the pros and cons of government employment programs.

1. By: Sydney Partain 8 th Grade Project The Walker School

2. 10.6%

11. Enough?

26. Government employment programs help…

27. Are not always the best solution

29. “ Any degree of unemployment worries me” ~Gerhard Schroder

30. Fin

31. Pictures (in order of appearance): Unemployment rate: http://www.mtn18.com/latest_news/10_unemployment.jpg Unemployed: http://www.phawker.com/wp- content/uploads/2010/02/usa_unemployed.jpg Unemployment lines in agency: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=unemployed+people&prev=/i mages%3Fq%3Dunemployed%2Bpeople%26start%3D21%26um%3D1%2 6hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS310% 26imgsz%3Dl%26imgtbs%3Dz%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1&imgurl =fb9bdf35cf719f98 Unemployment map: http://www.mint.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/MNT-UNEMP- CHANGE.jpg Unemployment lines 2: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=42d961e62434e73b&qBs ource:life%26start%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26nds p%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1 Able to work: http://www.connectamarillo.com/uploadedImages/kvii/News/Stories/Un employment.jpg