Unemployment fell in 39 states last month; Employers added workers in 42 states

[apples and oranges]

I'd like to interrupt the daily Obama bash fest to say, "Thank you President Barack Obama!" Your plan is working! :headbang: :yourock: :fistbump:

WASHINGTON - The unemployment rate fell last month in more than three-quarters of nation's states, evidence that companies are feeling more confident in the U.S. economy.

The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate dropped in 39 states in April. That's an improvement from March when 34 states had reported decreases. The rate rose in three states and the District of Columbia. It was unchanged in eight states.

Employers added workers in 42 states. Only eight states and the District of Columbia lost jobs last month.

Nationally, businesses have added more than 250,000 jobs per month, on average, in the past three months. It's the fastest hiring spree in five years. The unemployment rate has dropped nearly a full percentage point since November. Still, it remains very high at 9 percent.

New York added 45,700 jobs in April, the most of any state. It was followed by Texas, which added 32,900 jobs, and Pennsylvania, which gained 23,700 jobs.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2011/05/20/20110520biz-unemployment0520.html#ixzz1MvEmhCxd

[leftstreet]

1. Agriculture. Temporary. Seasonal.

[aquart]

3. Link?

[demosincebirth]

5. Maybe in Alaska, not in California.

[aquart]

13. Turns out you are completely wrong.

ABC just gave a list. Several factories came back to the US. One decided to make a light bulb HERE instead of China.
The jobs are also in retailing, and this isn't the time of seasonal hiring for retail, and white collar.

I am VERY interested in the factory decisions.

[dennis4868]

2. Thanks for the good news....

but you should know that the irrational 24/7 Obama haters here will simply brush this off as a nothing story.....goes against their "narrative."

[apples and oranges]

7. Never has that been more apparent than now.

Why would news like this be unrecced?

[The Straight Story]

4. That means we have 81 states. You Can't explain that

:rofl:

[Hannah Bell]

6. and unemployment rose to 9%.

[dkf]

10. It was expected that as discouraged workers got back into the market that it would go up.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. What type of jobs?

Did they hire citizens or non-citizens?
Part time or full time or temps?
Long term or short term jobs?
And how many unemployed and not getting unemployment checks are there?

[joeybee12]

14. And what do they pay? Wages aren't even keeping up with low inflation

we have these days.

[Forkboy]

9. LOL @ the West sigline.

Not laughing with you, of course, just funny that he bothered someone so much that they felt compelled to make it. :rofl:

[Fumesucker]

11. Cornell West is writing the laws to favor corporations..

I read it on the internet so it must be true.

[Forkboy]

12. I have to wonder just how delicate some of Obama's supporters think he is.

I seem to think he's tougher than many of them do, judging by the defensiveness. I think Obama can handle West, and vice versa, and I suspect the two of them are still friends. They would probably laugh at the people painting them as some kind of mortal enemies.

[girl gone mad]

15. You seem easily impressed.