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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: PatriotGame on May 19, 2009, 01:59:37 PM

Title: You'll never guess which states have most jobless numbers?
Post by: PatriotGame on May 19, 2009, 01:59:37 PM

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Labor could loom large in mid-term elections...

Unemployment in March was 20 percent higher in so-called "blue states" won by Democratic candidate Barack Obama in last fall's presidential election than in "red states" won by Republican candidate John McCain, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=98569

No shit!
Really??

I guess those $40/hour jobs of slapping go/no-go stickers on windshields at the now government owned auto plants were really not worth it!
Hail to the chief blue state SUCKERS!

I hope your fracking pain is so great that your only options are to self-terminate.
Too bad you scumbags will drag down decent people that did NOT get that tickle down their leg when the big-ZERO spoke.
If your children and family starves you have no one to blame but yourselves.

Title: Re: You'll never guess which states have most jobless numbers?
Post by: thundley4 on May 19, 2009, 02:11:06 PM

Not only is unemployment higher in those blue states, but I'm willing to bet that those same states have a higher number of people on welfare, and also have higher personal and business taxes than the states that went for McCain.

Title: Re: You'll never guess which states have most jobless numbers?
Post by: Baruch Menachem on May 20, 2009, 01:20:11 PM

That is what is called a sucker bet.

One of the things that makes the unemployment numbers here so high is the our minimum wage is $8.50.  The wage increased back in August, and lots of restaurants began closing down.  Including the cafeteria at the place I used to work.   It shut down the day before the MW increase.   Effectively increasing the MW cut one of my benefits.
They also reduced the cleaning staff at the same time.

Given the high taxes here, (no sales tax, but they tax everything else that moves, is nailed down, or makes someone happy) it is not surprising that that business is moving out. 

Several years ago the company I used to work for had a huge back office presence here. It moved here from CA. They have been moving back office operations to AZ for the last two years, and now the processes is accelerating. 

Title: Re: You'll never guess which states have most jobless numbers?
Post by: DixieBelle on May 20, 2009, 02:56:41 PM

You notice how you NEVER heard about the unintended consequences of the mandatory wage hikes or other such nonsense that affects business profits???