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"Fundamentally transform America..." - Barack ObamaDespite certain spin doctors in Washington, D.C. touting a drop in the number of those the Federal government qualifies as unemployed, the harsh reality is that the number of Americans with part-time or temporary jobs are at historic record highs. If the American people thought things couldn't get any worse, the top employer in the nation is the big-box discount store Wal-Mart.

Behind Wal-Mart, the second-largest employer in America is Kelly Services, a temporary work provider.... It's a sad state of affairs for our country. While part-time and temp jobs reached highs last month, full-time jobs decreased by another 240,000. The recovery, or lack thereof, is being fueled by a shift from full-time to part-time work.

According to Camarota and Zeigler: A new analysis of government data shows that all of the net gain in employment over the last 13 years has gone to immigrants (legal and illegal). From the first quarter of 2000 to the first quarter of 2013, the number of natives working actually fell by 1.3 million while the overall size of the working-age (16 to 65) native population increased by 16.4 million. Over the same time period, the number of immigrants working (legal and illegal) increased by 5.3 million. In addition to the decline in the number of natives working, there has...