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elleng

(130,820 posts)
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 02:49 PM Mar 2016

Ten States Still Have Fewer Jobs Since Recession.

'Ten states still have not regained all the jobs they lost in the recession, even after six and a half years of recovery, while many more have seen only modest gains. The figures help illustrate the uneven nature of the rebound since the recession ended in June 2009. Wyoming had 3 percent fewer jobs last month than it did in December 2007, when the recession began, the Labor Department said on Friday. That is the biggest percentage loss among the states. Alabama’s job total trails its pre-recession level by 2.7 percent, followed by New Mexico, where job totals are 2.6 percent lower. Some larger states are also still behind. New Jersey has nearly 1 percent fewer jobs than it did at the end of 2007, and Missouri is just below its pre-recession level. The other five: Mississippi, Nevada, Maine, Connecticut and West Virginia.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/business/ten-states-still-have-fewer-jobs-since-recession.html?

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Ten States Still Have Fewer Jobs Since Recession. (Original Post) elleng Mar 2016 OP
Mexico, China, India and Vietnam thank us for our sacrifices. whereisjustice Mar 2016 #1
And the morons running the MO legislature... freebrew Mar 2016 #2
Indeed Sherman A1 Mar 2016 #3

freebrew

(1,917 posts)
2. And the morons running the MO legislature...
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 03:17 PM
Mar 2016

still thinks that shifting the tax burden to the low-income folks will bring in business.

They just passed a NC style anti-gay bill, they want to pass 'paycheck protection', they've already sent a 'right-to-work'
bill and may over-ride a veto.

Why these crooks keep getting in office is anyone's guess.
The only explanation I have is Diebold or just plain ignorance(Rush).

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. Indeed
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 05:17 PM
Mar 2016

It was Paycheck Deception that passed the House and Senate (after a filibuster) and went to the Governor. Right to Work has not made it out this season, but did last year and was vetoed with no override.

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