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The largest percentage drop in construction employment for the year occurred in Nevada (-12.9 percent, -8,400 jobs), followed by Georgia (-12.5 percent, -19,100 jobs); Wisconsin (-8.2 percent, -8,000 jobs); and Kentucky (-8.2 percent, 5,700 jobs). Florida lost the most construction jobs over the past 12 months (-24,000 jobs, -6.7 percent). Other states experiencing large overall declines in construction employment included Georgia; North Carolina (-13,900 jobs, 7.7 percent); and New York (-12,500 jobs, -4.0 percent).
Simonson noted fourteen states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between January 2010 and January 2011. Texas added the largest number of construction jobs for the year (33,400 jobs, 5.9 percent). Other states adding large numbers of construction jobs included Michigan (8,300 jobs, 6.8 percent); Pennsylvania (7,100 jobs, 3.3 percent); and Tennessee (4,400 jobs, 4.3 percent). Maine, meanwhile, added the highest percentage of new construction jobs (8.7 percent, 2,100 jobs), Simonson noted.
Does no one else see the correlation between Texas boom and 8 years of Bush/Cheney?
No.Pro-buqiness policies are the reason, don't find ridiculous excuses Everyvody knows Texas is very pro-business, particularly businesses themselves ^^
Does no one else see the correlation between Texas boom and 8 years of Bush/Cheney?
The recently made public budget woes in Texas are proof positive that the economic 'boom' in Texas only profits corporations. Regular folks make mediocre to low wages and state and city coffers see next to nothing which means they have to absorb the negative affects of having new companies, traffic, housing, environental issues, social programs, etc--with very little benefit for the state as a whole(except bragging rights). Its totally a one way street.
Its really an unsustainable house of cards that we already see is beginning to fall.
The recently made public budget woes in Texas are proof positive that the economic 'boom' in Texas only profits corporations. Regular folks make mediocre to low wages and state and city coffers see next to nothing which means they have to absorb the negative affects of having new companies, traffic, housing, environental issues, social programs, etc--with very little benefit for the state as a whole(except bragging rights). Its totally a one way street.
Its really an unsustainable house of cards that we already see is beginning to fall.
Yeah, the Texas Governor sucks, and his policies have begun to spiral Texas down into deep ****, tbh. We need BIG change in Texas. Our budget deficit is almost as bad as California's percentage wise. It's a good idea not to read too much into threads like this one.
And yes, Wonderful Jellal is RenaudFR. He got a name change.
Yeah, the Texas Governor sucks, and his policies have begun to spiral Texas down into deep ****, tbh. We need BIG change in Texas. Our budget deficit is almost as bad as California's percentage wise. It's a good idea not to read too much into threads like this one.
And yes, Wonderful Jellal is RenaudFR. He got a name change.
LOL...gotcha.
I think that we need to find a happy medium between California's apparent taxing companies to death(which really isnt happening btw) and Texas' apparent informal free enterprise zone.
Corporations have learned how to hold us hostage by threatening to leave or fire people if we dont lower as closely to zero as possible what they owe to operate in our respective states and cities.
Does no one else see the correlation between Texas boom and 8 years of Bush/Cheney?
George W. Bush hasn't been our president for over two years now. I fail to see how year-over-year trends between 2010 and 2011 have anything to do with a president whose last full year in office was 2008.
I guess if we can retroactively hold a president responsible for stuff that happens up to two years after he leaves office, then 9/11 and the early 2000's recession were both Bill Cilnton's fault.
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