Dollar General To The Rescue!

Dollar General yesterday announced plans to create 6,000 new jobs in 2011. It’s part of an ongoing expansion, with the company expecting to open 625 new stores during the year.

(photo:  U.S. Mint, http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/)

Per CNNMoney:

The news is part of what many economists believe is a brightening employment picture nationwide, with forecasts of between 2.5 million and 3 million jobs created in the coming year.

Why am I NOT convinced that these are the type of jobs that will put enough cash into the hands of the middle class to fuel a real, economic recovery? Must be because I am in the middle of reading Robert Reich’s latest book, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future.