This is really good news again for the people of NC. It shows President Obama has the country moving in the right direction. Housing starts are up, more people employed, and the stock market has almost doubled. Everything is getting better no thanks to the republicans that won't sign the jobs act and get the national unemployment rate down to 6.8%. Now all I need to see is a post from the idiot telling everyone what he thinks the real unemployment rate is. Hint: If they quit looking for a job, they're not unemployed, they're bums.