Mike Pence Governorship marked by low unemployment rate, labor shortage, very high GDP per-capita in much of the state (health care, Indiana)

[lovecrowds]

Indiana's low unemployment creates worker shortage

All that matters in reality is very low unemployment rates, high GDP per-capita, lots of big box retail and very good health care to most-middle Americans.

300,000 new jobs for Hoosiers since the recession.

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/SMS1...de_graphs=true

Indianapolis unemployment rate: 3.6%

Columbus, Indiana unemployment rate: 2.9%

GDP per-capita:

United States: $52,000

Columbus, Indiana metro $64,000

Indianapolis, Indiana $59,000

Elkhart, Indiana $63,000

https://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cf...15&7093=levels

https://www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/in_columbus_msa.htm

Also, Hoosiers have a selection of 8 high-quality 5 star hospitals for the entire state.

New Yorkers only have one five-star 5 star hospitals.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com...-from-cms.html

This is the exact reason why people love Republicans. Hoosier's sure have high standards when it comes to statewide elected officials.

[BBMW]

In eight years, when he runs, this will be relevant.

[lvmensch]

Originally Posted by lovecrowds

Indiana's low unemployment creates worker shortage

All that matters in reality is very low unemployment rates, high GDP per-capita, lots of big box retail and very good health care to most-middle Americans.

300,000 new jobs for Hoosiers since the recession.

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/SMS1...de_graphs=true

Indianapolis unemployment rate: 3.6%

Columbus, Indiana unemployment rate: 2.9%

GDP per-capita:

United States: $52,000

Columbus, Indiana metro $64,000

Indianapolis, Indiana $59,000

Elkhart, Indiana $63,000

https://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cf...15&7093=levels

https://www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/in_columbus_msa.htm

Also, Hoosiers have a selection of 8 high-quality 5 star hospitals for the entire state.

New Yorkers only have one five-star 5 star hospitals.

Where are the 102 hospitals that received 5 stars from CMS?

This is the exact reason why people love Republicans. Hoosier's sure have high standards when it comes to statewide elected officials.

Indiana GDP per capita is around 31st if the 50 states. Not terrible. Nothing to brag about. Job growth in the first six months of 2016 was .3% good for 36th. Again not terrible but not good either.

So let us hope Pence is not running on economic performance.

[vision33r]

Low business tax creates jobs and middle class thrives when there is good demand for labor.

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by BBMW

In eight years, when he runs, this will be relevant.

He'll be President sooner than that if Trump keeps up his nonsense.

If he stays hitched to Twitler too long, he will be tarred with the same brush.

[18Montclair]

No offense but some of us aspire for more than to be 'middle america'.

[jeffrow1]

He better be careful or donald will get jealous.... you don't want jealous donald.

[dsjj251]

the CMS scores are based on information available

4. A hospital's rating is only calculated using as many measures for which data is available. That means hospitals' star ratings could be based on as few as nine measures or as many as 64; the average is roughly 40.

6. If a hospital doesn't have data for three measures within at least three of the seven measure groups, including one outcome group (meaning mortality, safety or readmission), the hospital doesn't get a score. Currently, 937 hospitals do not have an overall star rating.

As for unemployment rates for major metro areas

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA
2.4 1
Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area
2.4 1
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
2.6 3
Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
3.0 4
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
3.0 4
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
3.5 6
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
3.5 6
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
3.5 6
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
3.6 9
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area
3.6 9
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
3.6 9
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
3.6 9
Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

Boston is liberal ground zero as is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .

[Bitey]

Indiana has the added bonus of bordering the basketcase state of Illinois, and more specifically, Indiana borders the basketcase city of Chicago, so it's a convenient refuge for productive people who want off the sinking ship right next door.

It's also a welcome refuge away from people like this:

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

No offense but some of us aspire for more than to be 'middle america'.

[lvmensch]

Originally Posted by Bitey

Indiana has the added bonus of bordering the basketcase state of Illinois, and more specifically, Indiana borders the basketcase city of Chicago, so it's a convenient refuge for productive people who want off the sinking ship right next door.

It's also a welcome refuge away from people like this:

Indiana has vastly worse GDP per capita than Illinois. Also only about 60% the job growth. It is way behind Illinois and slipping further with time.

If Illinois is a basket case Indiana has only half a basket.