Aargh again!

Robert Reich pooh-poohs the March employment numbers:

The US economy added 162,000 jobs in March. Great news until you look more closely. In March, the federal government began hiring census takers big time. These are six-month temp jobs, and they tell us nothing about underlying trends in the labor market... A census-taking job is better than no job, but it’s no substitute for the real thing. Bottom line: This is no jobs recovery.

But Reich has also been a major proponent of a "new WPA" to fight unemployment. Hey, the government has just announced a plan to hire a million workers on a temporary basis for the next six months. It's called "Census" rather than "WPA," but you'd think Reich could gin up just a bit more enthusiasm for it nevertheless.