Unemployment Hits Record Highs In 12 States
A record since 1976, when the BLS began keeping track of this particular metric, but even so:
Note: the BLS started keeping state records in 1976, so obviously this doesn’t include the Depression.
From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary
Michigan again reported the highest jobless rate, 14.1 percent in May. The states with the next highest rates were Oregon, 12.4 percent; Rhode Island and South Carolina, 12.1 percent each; California, 11.5 percent; Nevada, 11.3 percent; and North Carolina, 11.1 percent. Six additional states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rates of at least 10.0 percent. The California, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, and South Carolina rates were the highest on record for those states. Florida, at 10.2 percent, and Georgia, at 9.7 percent, also posted series highs. Nebraska and North Dakota registered the lowest unemployment rates, 4.4 percent each.
Gateway Pundit adds:
The US has lost 16,000 jobs each day since Democrats passed their non-Stimulus bill, the largest redistribution of wealth from the private sector to government officials in US history. Obama promised the Stimulus bill would bring down unemployment.
Obama has a lot of problems keeping promises.
Just to give you some perspective on the jobs situation, here’s a graph of unemployment rates from January of 1999 to present:
For what it’s worth, the peak in 2003 is roughly the end of the post-9/11 recession and the beginning of the Bush tax cuts having their impact on the economy. The bottom out in 2007 is about when Democrats took control of Congress.
These are coincidences.
