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Old 03-26-2014, 09:31 AM
 
Location: Riverside
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Breitbart piece lauds job growth in Texas for Feb, net 33,000 jobs, 20% of nation's total:

Texas Accounts for 20 Percent of US Job Growth in February

Impressive, huh? But what the Breitbart piece FAILS to say is that California netted 58,000 jobs in the same period- ONE-THIRD the nation's total:

California jobless rate falls to 8% after adding 58,800 net new positions - latimes.com

Sure it was an honest mistake...
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Old 03-26-2014, 09:38 AM
 
Location: San Francisco born/raised - Las Vegas
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Does failing to mention California make it any less significant?
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Old 03-26-2014, 09:47 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Gurbie View Post
Breitbart piece lauds job growth in Texas for Feb, net 33,000 jobs, 20% of nation's total:

Texas Accounts for 20 Percent of US Job Growth in February

Impressive, huh? But what the Breitbart piece FAILS to say is that California netted 58,000 jobs in the same period- ONE-THIRD the nation's total:

California jobless rate falls to 8% after adding 58,800 net new positions - latimes.com

Sure it was an honest mistake...

I don't see the problem? The first link never mentions cali....

Must be a slow leftist news day...
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Old 03-26-2014, 10:06 AM
 
Location: DFW
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Percentage wise ND, Utah and TX beats California.

It's all a statistics game and one can read it however you want.

Job Growth Update - Economy @ - W. P. Carey School of Business
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Old 03-26-2014, 10:33 AM
 
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I live in California. It's true we have the largest economy in the nation, but that doesn't mean that we have the best. While we do have some of the big players like Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Biotech etc.... that's not the majority of jobs. Most people are working at small businesses which will always be small because The State imposes too many taxes and regulations and fees that keep the businesses down, forever stuck in small business limbo. Which is why many of them move to nearby other states like Arizona and Nevada.

We also have a very high cost of living. Now to be fair we do get paid more on average than elsewhere, but it only barely evens out. I could be enjoying a much higher standard of living in a different state. Sometimes I think about moving back to Oregon or Arizona, the liberal Nanny State is always up your butt here. The best way to turn people into Republicans is send them to this state, I don't care if you're a liberal, spend some time here and you'll be a conservative in no time because you'll see that extreme liberalism and big Government does not work! For a state with such a large economy we are constantly flirting with bankruptcy, that should tell you something.
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Old 03-26-2014, 10:37 AM
 
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I live in California. It's true we have the largest economy in the nation, but that doesn't mean that we have the best. While we do have some of the big players like Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Biotech etc.... that's not the majority of jobs. Most people are working at small businesses which will always be small because The State imposes too many taxes and regulations and fees that keep the businesses down, forever stuck in small business limbo. Which is why many of them move to nearby other states like Arizona and Nevada.

We also have a very high cost of living. Now to be fair we do get paid more on average than elsewhere, but it only barely evens out. I could be enjoying a much higher standard of living in a different state. Sometimes I think about moving back to Oregon or Arizona, the liberal Nanny State is always up your butt here. The best way to turn people into Republicans is send them to this state, I don't care if you're a liberal, spend some time here and you'll be a conservative in no time because you'll see that extreme liberalism and big Government does not work! For a state with such a large economy we are constantly flirting with bankruptcy, that should tell you something.
More bankrupt cities in CA than anywhere else.
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Old 03-26-2014, 10:49 AM
 
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More bankrupt cities in CA than anywhere else.
The way I put it is California has the largest economy, but it's also the least efficient. Larger does not mean necessarily better, which iswwhy there are several other smaller economic states that actually have better economies than California.

A lot of liberals point out California numbers and use it as a way to hype liberal fiscal policies as working. But they're either not looking at the overall picture or just deliberately ignoring it because once you dig past the surface you a large economy with very large problems . They tend to ignore the cost of living difference associated with this state, and the aggressively high taxation and rapid inflation of all consumer goods and services.

They also tend to avoid the fact that more businesses, and people in general are fleeing this state than coming in. Look at the actual facts, you may see a lotofbusinesses starting up but chances are that the majority of these businesses will leave for another state in about 2-3 years time.
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Old 03-26-2014, 10:51 AM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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unemployment rates by state as of March 17, 2014:
Unemployment Rates for States

Texas 5.7%, ranked 17th. California, 8.1%, 48 out of 51 (50 states plus DC).

Comments, OP?
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Old 03-26-2014, 10:53 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Originally Posted by Gurbie View Post
Breitbart piece lauds job growth in Texas for Feb, net 33,000 jobs, 20% of nation's total:

Texas Accounts for 20 Percent of US Job Growth in February

Impressive, huh? But what the Breitbart piece FAILS to say is that California netted 58,000 jobs in the same period- ONE-THIRD the nation's total:

California jobless rate falls to 8% after adding 58,800 net new positions - latimes.com

Sure it was an honest mistake...
wow he praises texas...dont you think that is the point


btw cali is 2nd for the year

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The largest over-the-year job increase occurred in Texas (+322,400), followed by California (+319,600) and Florida (+192,800).
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Old 03-26-2014, 10:54 AM
 
Location: Where they serve real ale.
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The wing nuts always do omit facts they don't like or which don't fit their ideological talking points.
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