Employment rate

A couple of days ago, news organizations reported new employment rates. They said that the rates were some of the worse in years. I think the local paper reported that our unemployment rate was somewhere around 8%. What we forget when we see something like that is that 92% of people are working. Now, I don't want to minimized the situation where thousands of people are losing their jobs. But, I wonder what kind of effect it would have if we also focused in some way on the 92% of people who are working. Would it make a difference in the consciousness of our country if when we get stats like this, we pause and give thanks for the positive side of the report?