In today's economy, where the unemployment rate is significantly higher than normal compared to previous years, people are demanding solutions from their government leaders . The Obama administration planned to create more jobs, but nothing came of it. Currently, as Congress once again heads toward gridlock, the Republican House Speaker and House Majority Leader have proposed to President Obama that he include a plan called "Georgia Works" in his latest proposal to Congress. The program would make it possible to find temporary jobs at no cost to employers. These individuals would also receive job training while receiving unemployment compensation or a government stipend in hopes of eventually being hired for full-time employment (Calmes). In his State of the Union address, the president included the plan, but it raises the question of government reach. Should it be the responsibility of the federal government to create programs that will keep Americans employed until they find suitable employment? The United States was in recession from December 2007 to June 2009, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (National). At that time, the unemployment rate was between 5% and 9.5% (work). What's confusing to many Americans is that even though they are told the economy is growing and the recession is over, the unemployment rate remains quite high. In fact, just four months after the recession “ended,” in October 2009, the unemployment rate peaked at 10.1%. It has declined steadily over the past two years to reach its current level of 9.0%. President Obama proposed the American Jobs Act to address the unemployment problem in...... middle of article ......an Journal Of Political Science 54.4 (2010): 906-920. Premier Academic Research. Internet. November 29, 2011. Edwards, George C., First III, Martin P. Wattenberg, and Robert L. Lineberry. Government in America, people, politics and policy. 11th ed. Longman, 2011. Print. “Labor force statistics from the Current Population Survey. » data.bls.gov. Bureau of Labor Statistics. and Web. November 28, 2011.Office of the Press Secretary. “Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Act.” whitehouse.gov. The White House. September 8, 2011. the web. November 28, 2011. National Bureau of Economic Research. National Bureau of Economic Research. and Web. November 28, 2011. “The long-term unemployed: the ravages of time. » The economist. October 1, 2011. np Web. November 29, 2011.Silverleib, Alan. Obama vows to split jobs plan into separate bills after Senate setback. CNN and Web. November 28 2011.