Full Job Recovery is at Least Five Years Off

Ah, the good old days -- early 2009, when the White House predicted the jobless rate would not rise above 8 percent. By the end of the year, unemployment was creeping up past 10 percent. In January it went back down to 9.7 percent; but this time, White House officials are not so optimistic, and are predicting unemployment will remain above 9 percent well into 2011.