This year (2011) so far, Texas is more than doubling the rest of the nation (Houston: home, unemployed)

[Philip T]

Pwwithlll . . . when you step in it, you step big.

Even trying to wrap the bs with the flag AND bluebonnets do nots makes it not bs.

Best thing Obama has going for him at the point are the stooges the R's are sending.

Looks like the only thing actually doubling is bs. Primary export.

[plwhit]

Rick Perry and his Texas jobs boom: The whole story - Aug. 12, 2011

[L210]

Originally Posted by plwhit

And turn out like you?

<shudder>

It's better than being like you. At least I can analyze statistics and comprehend minimum wage laws instead of embarrassing myself.

[plwhit]

From FactCheck.org:

What about Perry’s entire tenure as governor? Texas still looks better than the country overall. The state has added 1,081,900 jobs since December 2000, the month Perry took office. It’s an increase of 11.3 percent during his time as governor. Nationally, employment has gone down in this time frame, declining by 1,295,000, a nearly 1 percent drop.

FactCheck.org : Texas-Size Recovery

[L210]

Originally Posted by plwhit

And that's worse then 1,000,000 on the unemployment lines?

27 other states are doing better. How did Texas manage to go from being in the top half to being in the bottom half with all of those new jobs? It's because the new jobs are coming from the population growth, but the population growth is outpacing the job creation growth.

Unemployment Rates for States

[plwhit]

Originally Posted by L210

It's better than being like you. At least I can analyze statistics and comprehend minimum wage laws instead of embarrassing myself.

People only get embarrassed when their noses are stuck up in the air....

[plwhit]

Originally Posted by L210

27 other states are doing better. How did Texas manage to go from being in the top half to being in the bottom half with all of those new jobs? It's because the new jobs are coming from the population growth, but the population growth is outpacing the job creation growth.

Unemployment Rates for States

Texas has done a fine job of adding to its employment numbers. Since June 2009, which marked the official end of the recession, until July 2011, the number of jobs increased in the state by 328,000. Nationally, the job growth in that time period was 697,000, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That means Texas jobs made up 47 percent of the national net job creation.

Another look at BLS data comparing Texas to the nation shows that the state has done better than the country as a whole. But it still has been hit by the recession. Both unemployment rates have grown at roughly the same rate. The Texas unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in Jan 2008, 0.6 percentage points below the national rate of 5.0. In July, Texas’ unemployment was 8.4 percent, 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1 percent.

No matter how the college cookie spins, Texas is the best state to live in....

[L210]

Originally Posted by plwhit

Couldn't possibly be because of the influx of people moving to a vibrant state now could it?

Texas is the second largest state, and its population — 25.1 million as of the 2010 census — has increased rapidly. It has gone up by 20.6 percent from 2000 to 2010, more than twice the rate of the U.S. overall, according to the Census Bureau.

Isn't that what I just said? Read slowly if you have to. I said the population growth is causing the job creation growth, but it's also outpacing the job creation growth. If the influx of people moving here has caused our unemployment rate to go up over the past year, then THERE AREN'T ENOUGH JOBS FOR THEM! Anyone who comes here and adds to our unemployment rate just because they hear all of this hype about job creation is dumb. North Dakota can't find enough workers. Who cares if the state hasn't seen 1 million new jobs? Their unemployment rate is 3.5%.

[L210]

Originally Posted by plwhit

Texas has done a fine job of adding to its employment numbers. Since June 2009, which marked the official end of the recession, until July 2011, the number of jobs increased in the state by 328,000. Nationally, the job growth in that time period was 697,000, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That means Texas jobs made up 47 percent of the national net job creation.

Another look at BLS data comparing Texas to the nation shows that the state has done better than the country as a whole. But it still has been hit by the recession. Both unemployment rates have grown at roughly the same rate. The Texas unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in Jan 2008, 0.6 percentage points below the national rate of 5.0. In July, Texas’ unemployment was 8.4 percent, 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1 percent.

No matter how the college cookie spins, Texas is the best state to live in....

I'm sorry, but if our unemployment rate is going up because more people are moving here, then either the transplants or Texans are losing out on jobs. It makes much more sense to move to a place that has not seen its unemployment rate increase dramatically and also has a low unemployment rate. To move here and become/stay unemployed is just plain dumb. To attract people here and give Texans more competition for a limited number of jobs is just plain dumb no matter how you spin it.

[plwhit]

Originally Posted by L210

North Dakota can't find enough workers. Who cares if the state hasn't seen 1 million new jobs? Their unemployment rate is 3.5%.

I'll bet, with the total state population under 650,000 and a climate only an Eskimo would love ANY state would have a low unemployment rate.