floridas unemployed..

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

There were some areas in Michigan that nearly hit 30% unemployment. I think we are averaging about 10-10% still. Its going to take a lot of time for everything to stabilize. All we can do is wait it out..

That's right. Here in VA, it has gotten slightly worse, close to 8% now. It had hovered around 7% for a while. I suspect that if the congress is serious about government service and defense cuts that we'll be hit pretty hard. For a state full of wingnuts who hate the federal government, they sure don't seem to mind all of the money the federal government spends here. Without it, we wouldn't be left with much.

BTW, I thought there were areas of MI that stay around 20%, even on a good year?

Dave

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

That's right. Here in VA, it has gotten slightly worse, close to 8% now. It had hovered around 7% for a while.

Well thank God for the Obama spending spree.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

Well thank God for the Obama spending spree.

The point was;

These right-wing windbags around here constantly bellow about how they hate the federal government, yet the federal government is by far the largest employer in the state and has been for decades. Without it, these morons wouldn't have a pot to piss in. They'd still be picking cotton and subsisting off of the Crab trade.

They're Republicans, and they're living high off of your tax money, dj. Get the picture?

Dave

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

The point was;

These right-wing windbags around here constantly bellow about how they hate the federal government, yet the federal government is by far the largest employer in the state and has been for decades. Without it, these morons wouldn't have a pot to piss in. They'd still be picking cotton and subsisting off of the Crab trade.

They're Republicans, and they're living high off of your tax money, dj. Get the picture?

Dave

... and Arizona gets $1.19 back for every dollar paid in Federal tax. Poor dears.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by finnbow

... and Arizona gets $1.19 back for every dollar paid in Federal tax. Poor dears.

True of most red states.