Shocker: Unemployment In America’s Most Liberal State Hits 10%

• March 1, 2009

The economic downturn is hitting the whole country. But it seems to be hitting states with overbearing taxes and government – blue states, mostly – the hardest. Case in point, California:

Unemployment in California shot up to its highest level in nearly 26 years in January, leaving more than 1 in 10 workers without a job.
Figures released Friday show that 79,300 jobs were lost in the state last month, bringing the total number of unemployed to 1,863,000, or 10.1% of the workforce. That’s the highest since the rate touched 10.4% in 1983.

California could put itself on the road to recovery by cutting taxes for businesses, the people who actually create jobs, but all the political leadership in the state seem to want to do is jack up taxes to fuel more government spending. Sort of like Obama is doing on the national level.
But that won’t create jobs. More money tied up in government does not create jobs.

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http://massbackwards.blogspot.com/ Bruce

I’m sure it’s all the fault of that hard-line, right-wing, bible-thumper in the governor’s office.
docdave

Socialism has lead Californias economy into a death like downward spiral. i.e. more taxes means less jobs resulting in more jobless benefits which result in more taxes ad infinitum. The bottom is only reached when the citizens rebel saying enough is enough and throw out the socialists.
TomTom

Calif deserves to lead the nation in unemployment. Arnold has allowed the Mexicans to overun the State…suck its social services DRY…and bankrupt the economy. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch of deadbeats.
http://www.myinternetbusinessmasterminds.com/ MIBMastermind

Terrible times…….Terrible times indeed!
Rezistik

New Hampshire a liberal strong hold at the moment and it had the strongest economy during the majority of liberal dominance. However it has the most fiscally conservative policies.

So clearly the best system is one of social liberty and fiscal conservatism.

All of the socially and fiscally conservative states had the worst poverty rates. Even worse than the fiscally liberal states. Often 4-6% higher. That’s % of millions of people. Huge amounts of people.
http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

California could turn around almost overnight by drilling for oil. They could create a LOT of high paying jobs and could solve the government’s budget woes, seeing as how most of the drilling would be on state land. Setting aside the question of whether or not a state should own and control that much property, it would work.
groetzinger

Seems Arnold and Bush have alot in common,besides being Republican,One ran a state into the ground the other a Country.
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 DINO

Oh goodie! We’re going to play the statistics game! All blue states should be able to avoid the downturn affecting the country they’re part of! Just like that fun “democrat-run cities in poverty’ game!

Ok, then look at these poverty stats. Oh No! The reddest states of the south have the highest poverty!

Poverty Rate by State: 2003-2007
(in percent of state total, three-year moving averages)

2003-2005 2004-2006 2005-2007
3-Year 3-Year 3-Year
State or Region Average Average Average

New England
Connecticut 9.2 9.1 8.7
Maine 11.9 11.5 11.2
Massachusetts 9.9 10.5 11.1
New Hampshire 5.6 5.5 5.6
Rhode Island 11.7 11.3 10.7
Vermont 8.0 7.7 8.4

Mid-Atlantic
Delaware 8.5 9.2 9.3
Maryland 9.4 9.3 9.0
New Jersey 7.8 7.9 8.1
New York 14.6 14.5 14.4
Pennsylvania 11.0 11.3 11.0

Midwest
Illinois 12.1 11.5 10.7
Indiana 11.4 11.6 11.7
Iowa 10.4 10.8 10.2
Michigan 12.2 12.9 12.0
Minnesota 7.5 7.7 8.5
Ohio 11.6 12.0 12.4
Wisconsin 10.8 10.9 10.4

South
Alabama 16.2 16.0 15.2
Arkansas 15.6 15.6 15.1
District of Columbia 18.3 18.8 19.2
Florida 11.8 11.4 11.7
Georgia 13.1 13.3 13.5
Kentucky 15.6 16.5 15.7
Louisiana 17.4 17.4 17.1
Mississippi 18.3 19.8 21.1
North Carolina 14.4 13.8 14.1
Oklahoma 13.1 13.9 14.7
South Carolina 14.2 13.7 13.4
Tennessee 15.0 15.2 14.8
Texas 16.5 16.4 16.4
Virginia 9.5 9.1 8.8
West Virginia 15.6 15.0 15.2

West
Alaska 9.6 9.3 8.8
Arizona 14.4 14.7 14.7
California 13.2 12.9 12.7
Colorado 10.4 10.4 10.3
Hawaii 8.8 8.8 8.4
Idaho 10.0 9.8 9.8
Kansas 11.6 12.2 12.3
Missouri 11.5 11.7 11.9
Montana 14.4 13.8 13.4
Nebraska 9.6 9.7 9.9
Nevada 10.8 10.4 10.0
New Mexico 17.5 17.1 16.3
North Dakota 10.2 10.8 10.6
Oregon 12.1 11.9 12.2
South Dakota 12.7 12.0 10.7
Utah 9.4 9.5 9.4
Washington 11.4 9.9 9.4
Wyoming 10.1 10.2 10.5

Does it mean anything? NO.
welder4

His wife is running California not The terminator he is to busy being Arnold . He also is taking time out of his busy schedule to do a movie , what did they called that movie oh yeah! it is “the end of Arnie”
http://www.rabidamerican.net/ Rabid American

Kalifornia is the first of the 5 hardest impacted states to fall in this melt-down….

What do they have in common? Let’s start with huge Illegal Alien populations, overburdened taxpayers, burgeoning regulation of business, and liberal majorities in their government…..

Remember, you can’t say community without saying “Commune“……
http://www.rabidamerican.net/ Rabid American

It’s a definite reflection of the impact that manic liberal regulation, and taxation. has on a normally productive business environment.

Taxing itself into oblivion, the state wonders why extracting more money from the public doesn’t encourage growth. Hobbling the businesses with over-regulation, and direct interference doesn’t encourage growth.

In addition, when liberals flee that state they bring their insane ideas with them. In their new place of residence, they seek to reestablish the same situation they left behind. They are unaware, oblivious, to the rot they caused.

We will all experience it while the Neo-Marxist agenda rolls over our wallets and reshapes business….

Higher taxes, crippling regulations(CAPS-n-TRADE) that extract indirect taxes, hindering growth (reneging on offshore drilling), choosing who wins and who should lose(TARP), etc., etc., etc……. THIS will cause more losses in employment for us all as our economy grinds to a standstill…..

All of this is unquestionably planned by the Commie wizards of smart who now inhabit our government…. Their policies encourage dependence on government by the uneducated, the lefties, the indigent, the welfare-class, the parasites who draw our money from our wallets.

The bunny-hugging, sandal-wearing, tofu-eating, low-calorie, gun-grabbing, race-baiting, self-loathing, tax-cheating, over-subsidized, greenie, America-hating, Neo-Marxists have dragged our businesses and markets into the crapper…..

Hope-n-Change indeed…….
Oswaldo

The economic downturn is hitting the whole country. But it seems to be hitting states with overbearing taxes and government – blue states, mostly – the hardest. Case in point, California:

January: Republican governor, Republican president
Mickey

Welcome to Obamunism.

High unemployment. Inflation is next.
Neiman

That happened thirty years ago, and instead of cutting spending, the greedy govt just raised fees, sales taxes, and everything else they could.

And they have done everything they could to reverse Proposition 13, as has the State Supreme Court!

CA’s budget woes are the result of the Dem legislature spending us into bankruptcy. Spending is always the problem; always.

I live in CA and Robert108 is right, the big spending ways of the Democrats here have never slowed one iota during all these years, they just raise taxes – drive business out and raise taxes and drive business out, and on and on!
Baklava

No, I don’t want to engage a troll who has on his profile that he wants the United States to dissappear. That kind of poster should be banned as they aren’t here to discuss.

But before any political newbie thinks that Dino has a good point at the top let me tell you no.

The rate of depenedency is higher in blue states because unemployment is higher generally. This is fact.

Federal poverty levels are almost meaningless for high cost states versus low cost states.

$20,000 (And yes you can make $20,000 and still be considered in poverty) is much different in California versus Texas (a very red state). Because honesty isn’t a part of Dino’s style, I won’t even ask him if he recognizes that.
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2Hotel9

Cali is getting exactly what its citizens have voted for. Sorry, fuck them.
ellinas

e liar: you lie, as usual; no taxes were “cut”, as there are the same number of taxes as before, maybe more.

robert108 on March 1, 2009 at 06:31 pm

You lie again, scumbag! Are you denying the fact, that since Swartzeneger got elected the vehicle taxes went way down? They were “cut” by about 2/3rds. You lie again, scumbag! Or do you think you are being cute and smart playing word games. Idiot!
You lie again, scumbag!
ellinas

California has been cutting taxes and removing “burdensome regulations” since Wilson, a republican, was in office.
Witness the result: Huge deficits, and 10% unemployement.
robert108

Prop 13 was the beginning of the end for CA.

Wrong again, dumb little dinostem. That happened thirty years ago, and instead of cutting spending, the greedy govt just raised fees, sales taxes, and everything else they could.

e liar: you lie, as usual; no taxes were “cut”, as there are the same number of taxes as before, maybe more. CA’s budget woes are the result of the Dem legislature spending us into bankruptcy. Spending is always the problem; always.
Your ignorance and dishonesty are showing, as usual.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Socialism has lead Californias economy into a death like downward spiral. i.e. more taxes means less jobs resulting in more jobless benefits which result in more taxes ad infinitum.

It’s just happening slower to the rest of the country. All of the environmental laws, taxes, lawsuits, labor laws etc are driving jobs overseas to a greater degree than low wages which come with a cost of their own.
robert108

Arnold has allowed the Mexicans to overun the State…

An outright lie; illegal immigration is a federal problem; even if Arnold could get the Dem legislature to try to do something about illegals, the feds have the power. The reality is that the Dem legislators are falling all over themselves to give the illegals all the social benefits they possibly can. Again, Dem spending, taxation and regulation is the problem in CA; not the Governor.

Who is stopping us from drilling new wells and from reactivating the old wells and drilling platforms?
Hint: It’s the Dem environazis.
robert108

Prosperity is available to Californians; its name is OIL. Jobs, income, and even more tax revenue for the greedy Dem legislators to spend.
The jerkoffs won’t do it, and then they whine about “tax cuts”.
2Hotel9

Yes, e. And they were replaced with 4 other taxes that brought the total well above what was “cut”. You really are a pathetic old woman.
ellinas

Yes, e. And they were replaced with 4 other taxes that brought the total well above what was “cut”. You really are a pathetic old woman.

2Hotel9 on March 2, 2009 at 04:32 am

Do you know of any that replaced what was “cut”?
How could you know. You live in Pennsylvania not California.
I love you when you come up with stupid shit like the above.
sayanything-5371

The bottom is only reached when the citizens rebel saying enough is enough and throw out the socialists.

We can only hope for a social revolution without violence. I see no other outcome.
2Hotel9

Oh, yea. No body reports the happenings in California in the news. I take it back, you are simply a stupid beatch.
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 DINO

Prop 13 was the beginning of the end for CA.
JK

Seems Arnold and Bush have alot in common,besides being Republican,One ran a state into the ground the other a Country.
groetzinger on March 1, 2009 at 06:21 pm

You haven’t seen anything yet!!
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

Prop 13 was the beginning of the end for CA.

If by that, you mean that even though its citizens were no longer being taxed out of their houses, the legislature continued to spend more money than they took in, yeah, you may be close to the truth. (Though I suspect from your earlier rantings that this was not what you meant!)
ellinas

Another lie from a pathological liar. Tax rates have increased, liar, along with fees for all govt services.
If you claim that any taxes have been “cut”, name them.
No taxes have been removed(cut). You lie again, scumbag.
Dem spending is the cause of deficits, always.
It’s always too much spending, and it’s always by Dems.

robert108 on March 1, 2009 at 11:21 am

Vehicle and property taxes come to mind.
Also in the name of reform, business pay far less now for Workmans Comp.
You lie again, scumbag!
robert108

California has been cutting taxes and removing “burdensome regulations” since Wilson, a republican, was in office.

Another lie from a pathological liar. Tax rates have increased, liar, along with fees for all govt services.
If you claim that any taxes have been “cut”, name them.
No taxes have been removed(cut). You lie again, scumbag.
Dem spending is the cause of deficits, always.
It’s always too much spending, and it’s always by Dems.
ellinas

Oh, yea. No body reports the happenings in California in the news. I take it back, you are simply a stupid beatch.

2Hotel9 on March 3, 2009 at 03:22 am

Do you actualy read/watch the news? Wow!
2Hotel9

Tell us again why you are so happy to be paying more in taxes, whilst getting less for it. We love laughing at your stupid ass.
http://tatertotsforthemasses.blogspot.com/ Houston

Do not feed the trolls.
sayanything-2483

Welcome to Obamunism.
High unemployment. Inflation is next.
Mickey on March 1, 2009 at 06:10 am

You forgot the tax increase’s.

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