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WA unemployment up slightly, or unchanged, depending on how you want to report it

by Goldy — Tuesday, 11/17/09, 12:00 pm

Washington state’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 9.3% in October… well, sorta. That’s the same rate that was originally reported for September, before being revised downward to 9.1%.

By comparison, South Carolina’s unemployment rate currently stands at 11.6%. Hey Palmetto State… how’s that race-to-the-bottom cheap labor strategy working out for you?

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  1. 1

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Tuesday, 11/17/09 at 1:33 pm

    Look at the bright side — millions of people are finding out working isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. By the time you figure out what it costs you to work, you’re pretty close to even-money by not working. I don’t work! And I’m better off than ever before!

  2. 2

    Michael spews:

    Tuesday, 11/17/09 at 2:25 pm

    By the time you pay for daycare, a second (or third) car, gas and so on a lot of two-earner households would be better off as one-earner households.

    Our current culture and economic system seems to be based on the concept of ‘running to stand still.’

    Another bright spot: with more people staying at home the burglary rate is going down.

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    “With a lot more unemployed people, a lot more people are staying home, and they see more in their neighborhood,” said Sgt. Thomas Lasater, who supervises the burglary unit of the police department in St. Louis County, Mo., where authorities recorded a whopping 35 percent drop in burglaries during the first six months of 2009.

  3. 3

    Mr. Cynical spews:

    Tuesday, 11/17/09 at 3:47 pm

    Buried in the Seattle Times unemployment article was this….

    Job gains in Washington state government educational services (up 1,600 in October) were partially offset by losses in local school employment (down 1,100 jobs). Health services and social assistance continued to be one of the state’s most resilient sectors, adding 1,500 jobs last month.

    You must have missed it Goldy.
    MORE PUBLIC JOBS while the PRIVATE SECTOR plummets. It is UNSUSTAINABLE Goldy.

    This is BAAAAAAAD News…despite your sterling efforts to put a smiley face on it.

  4. 4

    Goldy spews:

    Tuesday, 11/17/09 at 4:21 pm

    Cynical @3,

    So you’re suggesting that eliminating even more government jobs right now would be good for the economy, and would lower the unemployment rate?

  5. 5

    sarah68 spews:

    Tuesday, 11/17/09 at 8:38 pm

    The actual unemployment rate is likely in the teens when you consider the (uncounted) number of people who have gone off the unemployment rolls but haven’t found jobs, and those who are working only part-time at minimum-wage jobs.

    Those who are trying to support a family on two minimum-wage jobs don’t have the option of having one partner stay home because it doesn’t “pay” to have two working. Childcare often is by unpaid relatives or latch-key children. Michael, you must be talking about people who work to help the family afford a bigger TV set. We don’t need to worry about those. Roger, I assume you’re being cynical, or maybe you’re too old to work, as I am.

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