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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-06-09 03:07 PMOriginal messageTwo out of five working-age Californians jobless, study says Source: Associated Press... A report to be released publicly today found that two of five working-age Californians do not have a job, underscoring the challenges in one of the toughest job markets in decades. The last time employment levels among this group were this low was February 1977, according to a study by the California Budget Project, a Sacramento-based nonprofit research group that advocates for lower- and middle-income families.... Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project, recommended Congress adopt a second extension of unemployment insurance benefits.... Asked to explain the difference between her unemployment figure and the government's, Ross said the government's official jobless rate does not factor in working-age Californians who stay out of the work force by choice, such as stay-at-home parents, or those who have simply given up searching for work.Taking those people into account, she said, translates to a 57.5 percent employment rate for the state, which is slightly less than the 57.6 percent recorded in 1977. The California Budget Project used figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Read more: http://www.rgj.com/article/20090906/BIZ/909060326
Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-06-09 03:34 PMResponse to Original message2. They've gutted California Enron. The corporations. And, I'm putting some blame here on the Forest Service too.
kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-06-09 07:09 PMResponse to Reply #212. Republicans have been targeting CA for destruction for decades. Looks like another Mission Accomplished (TM).
defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-06-09 06:13 PMResponse to Reply #57. Right . . . I meant to post a thread asking how LABOR DAY is being celebrated in MSM????? 50,000 of our factories have closed in the last ten years!
defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-06-09 11:55 PMResponse to Reply #931. We have to have manufacturing ....it would be insane not to . . and I was just reading that it is expanding again somewhat --and Obama has appointed someone to spur it on!!I'm for shutting the doors -- and I'd be very against having anymanufacturer who's abandoned America in order to harvest slave laborin other nations come back here!Meanwhile, we're being given a load of crap in electronics which have to be replaced over and again -- from keyboards to toaster ovens!
Who's been running California for a godawful long time now?
The DUmmies won't see the forest for the trees.
Fun Fact: California eats up 35% of total federal welfare.
Not a surprise.They get more than "their fair share".
Someone has to pay for the illegal immigrants starving artists.
Taking those people into account, she said, translates to a 57.5 percent employment rate for the state
I believe it. Doug's ex-wife, poor stupid Beth, the dumbest person on all the internets, hasn't made a dime in over two years. And she's been validated by the DUmp as a writer and thinker.
What are they worried about? Biden said the stimulus is working.
Mythsage on a corner of San Fran selling copier copies of his stories.... "Fifty cents?" he says to those passing by holding up a stapled copy. "Quarter?" He asks hopefully as the potential customer walks away.
FGL, not only would I not pay a quarter, he would have to pay me a handsome sum to read his stuff. I simply cannot get through it without sighing and giving up. And the ones he posts with all the horrible mixed metaphors? I feel truly embarassed for him.
