Georgia’s unemployment rate jumps to 10.1 percent
Georgia’s unemployment rate jumped to 10.1 percent in November from a revised 9.8 percent in October, the state labor department said Thursday.
There has been virtually no progress from a year ago, when the jobless rate stood at 10.2 percent in November 2009. This November was the 38th consecutive month that Georgia’s jobless rate has exceeded the national rate, which is 9.8 percent.
“The unemployment rate is up because of increases in new layoffs and in the number of long-term unemployed,” state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said in a statement.
There were 252,200 long-term unemployed in November — those who have been out of work for at least 27 weeks, the labor department said. This represents an increase of 4.8 percent from October and 59.8 percent from November 2009.
The long-term unemployed now account for 53.7 percent of the 469,702 jobless workers in Georgia. A year ago, the long-term jobless represented 32.9 percent of the unemployed.
In November, the number of payroll jobs increased by two-tenths of a percentage point to rise to 3,849,500, the labor department said. Most of the increases came in retail trade, professional and business services, and educational and health services.
But, the number of jobs remains one-tenth of a percentage point less than in November 2009.
Also, 67,714 laid-off workers filed initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits in November — an increase of 17.8 percent from October.
Most of the first-time claims were filed in manufacturing, trade, administrative and support services, and construction, the labor department said.
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134 comments Add your comment
Roadrunner
December 16th, 2010
4:17 am
First? Do I care?
Roadrunner
December 16th, 2010
4:21 am
Guess so. Anyway, the trillion dollars this administration has blown on garbage pork is a crying shame. If we’re going to spend that kind of money as a country we darn well better spend on rebuilding an industry or two to compete globally for some of the jobs we’ve already lost. That is not the same as funneling money to the unions to prop up their salary & benefits. If we’re going to compete we’re going to have to be at least somewhat competitive with our salaries & benefits. It sucks, but that’s the way the world is..
Cherokee
December 16th, 2010
4:40 am
Gerogia just pretty much turned the keys over to the Republican party – since they’ve done so well for us over the past 8 years in this state.
Sorry folks, this is what you chose, and this is what you get. And it will get worse, as long as the only economic solution the Republicans have is tax cuts for Boortz and his cronies.
Keisha
December 16th, 2010
4:43 am
I filed for umemployment for the frist time last week. I am nervous about my chances of finding a job but I am blessed in that I have two interviews already. I am hoping to find some type of employment before my 26 weeks runs out.
Cherokee
December 16th, 2010
4:53 am
Good luck Keisha
David
December 16th, 2010
5:00 am
Our fearless leaders need to take a serious look at NAFTA, and quit sending our jobs out of the country!
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5:09 am
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Gerald
December 16th, 2010
5:14 am
If you look at the big picture…most people would see that you have to find out what a problem is in order to fix it. Problem: NO JOBS Why: Sent to other Countries SOLUTION: Force companies to bring them back or no longer offer services in US. Consumers, stop buying things that are not made in America. Change all services,insurance etc to a service provider who has their service centers in America. Everyone would see a HUGE change in a short time.
joe
December 16th, 2010
5:36 am
Cherokee, that’s why I don’t understand why people down here keep voting for Republicans. Don’t they get it? What do Republicans do for the people of this state, other than line their own pockets? What did Sonny do for this state, other than create ‘Go Fishing, Georgia’
Georgia guy
December 16th, 2010
6:27 am
If you think Georgia is so bad why not move to a blue state like California aka the liberal utopia ,things are really great there right?
Non-partisan
December 16th, 2010
6:39 am
I’m amazed that people view this as a partisan political problem. Job losses and high unemployment have affected both Republican and Democrat controlled states. There are probably legitimate arguments that federal trade policy has contributed to the problem, but NAFTA and similar “free trade” agreements have been supported by both Democrat and Repulican politicians for well over a decade.
The fact is, today’s problems were generated in large part by excessive spending and increasing debt over the last many years. This is true not only at the federal government level, but also for state governments and individual consumers. (It’s true that state governments have constitutional prohibitions against running budget deficits, but there is nothing that prevents the states from going deeper into debt through bond issues.) Until we accept the fact that we must live within our means, we can expect “the great recession” to continue. Based on the bi-partisan tax package that passed the U.S. Senate earlier this week, I would say that our government hasn’t learned that lesson yet.
Bill
December 16th, 2010
6:39 am
don’t worry folks… hold on… in 2 years we’ll get rid of the incompetent idiot-in-chief and CHANGE will come..
..never again…
jpfromtheA
December 16th, 2010
6:41 am
It saddens me to see jobs going elsewhere. The irony is in my industry it’s almost a certanty that some if not all of our labor force will be required to be offshore. In fact, my boss asked me last week for a model that would move 200 GA positions offshore. I don’t like it but I understand why we’ll have to do it.
Vin Tanner
December 16th, 2010
6:42 am
The pro-Obama liberal dems above forget that their party has been in charge the last two years. During this time unemployment has increased to double digit numbers. The Obama GM giveaway and other gifts have wrecked the country.
And, the folks who want business to come back to the U.S.(as do I) are the same ones who go to Wal Mart to get the cheapest price for their goods. Look at what you are buying and most of it comes from Mexico or China. Still want American goods? Want to pay hundreds of dollars more each month for the US made product?
The housing mess started with Maxine Waters pushing for the NINJA Loans for the “poor” to be able to buy a house. No Income, No Job, No asset, yet one gets a house. Made sense then? Now, the home buyers just simply walk away.
No accountability anywhere. Subsidize GM. Subsidize unmarried mothers having big families.
Make everyone pay something. Lower the FICA from 7.65% to 5.5% but have no cap in the Social Security limit. All should have to pay the SS % no matter what their income. Medicare payment cap was removed several years back. That would give equity to the process and allow the system to stay afloat.
Accountability. For all, “rich” and poor. The problem will be that Obama will gradually decide that rich is the amount that 2 married school teachers make since one half of the country already gets a government handout.
America has found its problem and it is: US.
Terry
December 16th, 2010
7:09 am
Y’all just hate Obama cause he black.. can’t have a man of color in charge, can we?
All he need is 6 more years.. and we’ll have this ship turned around.
free health care
free houses
free cars
can’t wait..
Columbus Peach
December 16th, 2010
7:10 am
Nathan Deal said he’s gonna cut corporate tax to bring more jobs to Georgia and cut more costs tied to educating Georgia children and young adults….
So, I guess Nathan Deal will lead us out of this mess – STOP laughing- he will! – Seriously, stop laughing!!!
If not then i guess we’ll see higher rates of unemployment in 2012 – but Georgians voted for him….
I guess we’ll see if he’s a Deal for the people of Georgia. Nathan also said he’s gonna fight the new healthcare law.
Nathan we need JOBS, JOBS, JOBS…..focus on JOBS!!!!
Mongo
December 16th, 2010
7:14 am
Nathan will have a hard time creating jobs from prison (where most conservatives belong).
JASon
December 16th, 2010
7:17 am
Typical conversation in from ‘08-’09:
-”Oh, the economy will pick back up”
Me: “How do you know?”
-”Because it always does”
Me: “That’s a dumb reason”
Ms. Peggy
December 16th, 2010
7:19 am
I blame Sonny Purdue!
When he ran for office – he asked us what was on our “Sonny Due List?”
Remember that, “Whats on your Sonny Due List?”
I don’t remember asking for a recession, high foreclosure and unemployment rates! The things on my “Sonny Due List” have yet to come true!
Now we have four more years of GOP rule in GA? This can’t be good… It’s like being taken to watch a Jessica Simpson movie…”
Pierce Randall
December 16th, 2010
7:19 am
It’s not cogent to blame the administration, since you don’t have counterfactual information about what might have happened if it had pursued different policies. You also have economists saying the unemployment rate would have been 15+% if the administration had done nothing.
(Also, many liberals and certainly self-described left-wing people are probably disgusted with the Presidents’ embrace of rightist policies like the Bush tax cuts at this point.)
Meanwhile, we do have counterfactual information on the performance of our state government’s fire-state-workers strategy, since we can look at other states who’ve implemented alternatives. While this isn’t perfect, since different states’ conditions will be different, I’ve see that traditional “tax-and-spend” states like New York are seeing a faster reverse on the unemployment scale.
One of the things our state government seems to be doing is a race to the bottom: Yeah, we lower corporate taxes, which might encourage companies to relocate (not necessarily in the nation’s interest, since we’re openly doing this to compete with other states), but then we pay for it by gutting public higher education, which gives us a less productive workforce and discourages companies from moving here.
But, all that might be a bit reactionary for a revision to the jobless rate–but so are “gubmint” posts blaming Obama.
Logic 05
December 16th, 2010
7:28 am
Is this just more of the “Change we can believe in….”
I don’t understand, I thought the “Stimulus” was going to keep unemployment under 8%.
What happened to the “Summer of Recovery”
Charles
December 16th, 2010
7:29 am
Most of the blame lies with the companies- they are nothing but over-greedy, and all they care about is the bottom line. They do not care about those families they are affecting because they want to send a job to India or China just because it’s “cheaper”. Shame on all american corporations!
Leftwing Dem
December 16th, 2010
7:31 am
I really thought the “Cash for Clunkers” would solve all of our problems.
Wondering ?
December 16th, 2010
7:32 am
Attention Charles at 7:29am,
What have you done to create jobs? Or do you just sit on your duff and blame corporate America?
Conservatard Lobotomizer
December 16th, 2010
7:34 am
China’s undervalued currency makes it impossible for American workers to compete, even if they were to work for FREE. The “American” Chamber of Commerce, the “corporations are people too” Republican party and “American” industries with investments in China are all against playing hardball with China because the only thing that matters to them is their own profit. Apparently, the phrase “America First!” is just a meaningless slogan for dimwits to chant at political conventions in support of the oligarchs who would love to see permanent 10% unemployment in the USA.
Wondering ?
December 16th, 2010
7:37 am
Instead of blaming Corporate America, why don’t all of you Democratic, Union loving geniuses start your own companies and show Corporate America how it is done.
Recovery
December 16th, 2010
7:39 am
I thought between Sonny’s “Go Fish” stimulus and the Bush tax cuts we wouldn’t even have a recession in Georgia.
Maybe this is just part of the plan to gut education so that Georgians will stay ignorant and vote for republican’ts.
Conservatard Lobotomizer
December 16th, 2010
7:44 am
Instead of blaming Democrats, why don’t all of you Rebublican, hereditary aristocracy loving geniuses start your own country and show China how it is done.
GTP
December 16th, 2010
7:46 am
There’s the hope and change we were looking for. NOT
Wondering ?
December 16th, 2010
7:48 am
Conservatard Lobotomizer at 7:44am
Republicans have jobs because they have a work ethic. I suggest you move out of your parent’s basement and develop marketable job skills.
Conservatard Lobotomizer
December 16th, 2010
7:59 am
@ Wondering ?:
Parent’s basement? Really? Did that make you feel original and witty? No. It is, however, typical of the instinct of conservatards to hurl lame insults at whoever confronts them with something that challenges their childish worldview.
In your world, I assume, all Rebublicans are 100% employed?
Bobby
December 16th, 2010
8:00 am
We should all be celebrating that we are getting a really crooked deal shortly. And everyone from the Republican legislature to Democratic counties such as Dekalb is going to be raising taxes and fees.
Tuna
December 16th, 2010
8:11 am
People like “Terry” are incapable of intelligent discussion…”you don’t like him because he’s black”…the more you pull the “race card” as a knee-jerk reaction, the more you turn people off to the point where they can’t take you seriously anymore. Give it a rest already!
Motocross Survivor
December 16th, 2010
8:25 am
The fact is, the United States is a nation in decline–economically, politically and culturally. It really doesn’t much matter which of the major parties is in control (Dems or GOP). A Ron Paul ideology is the only spark of hope I see for the failing republic. Both of the major parties are under the compete control of Israel and its wishes–who see the United States as a tool for their purposes. In less than 100 years, the U.S. people over 40 have known will be completely gone. Good luck human race.
3Dawgz
December 16th, 2010
8:26 am
Reading the usual rants from the Republicons on this site tells me that America will never make it back regardless of who is in power. Too many idiots make up a significant portion of those that support the GOP. How can a country prosper with these morons who forget the lost decade of the Bush years?
Interesting
December 16th, 2010
8:27 am
This is an interesting back and forth argument. I would say that none of you have poitned out the problem. Goverment and Taxes are the problem. If you want the government to do any private sector function you can add 15-20 percent to the cost. For all of you claiming this is a Republican or Democratic problem I would suggest you take a step back. This is a great country. A country where my father a poor farmer from rural America rose to be a successful business man. In turn he was fortunate to put 5 children who were not part of his family through high school and college. Not because he had to but because he wanted to. Keep raising his taxes to pay for 5 FTE’s to push paper from one desk to the next in government and he won’t be able to continue. Could the government have put 5 kids through college. I think not, there program has gone belly up. Get the government out of our lives and the good people of this country will go to work. Stop blaming political parties!
A.S.Mathew
December 16th, 2010
8:28 am
I hate to make a negative statement, but the unemployment will go farther higher before it can
come down some day.
Indeed, as I look at the country of origin of various products in all kinds of stores, my hope in
a positive reading of unemployment data is being diministed. I can’t find anything in the stores
as ” made in U.S.A”. Can any nation survive by consuming everything made in foreign
countries, but we are simply consuming them without having jobs at home?
Are we all going to land white collar-jobs? Consumber goods are made by the blue-collar work force. Only two alternatives are left for us to create jobs: Find jobs in foreign countries. Try to export
American goods to other countries so that people can work here.
In a recent study, the U.S. lost over 20 million jobs to China during the last 20 years. When we
add other countries, may be 10 million or more jobs are lost in that direction. Now, we are
forced to return to an old lifestyle, and to start over again because there is no job for the highly
educated or the high school drop out. Even retrained people in certain highly demanding
fields are looking for jobs for months. Everybody in the nation is affected by this critical
situation we have never faced in our lifetime.
President Obama can appeal to the big corporations about creating jobs, but they are the people
shifted all the jobs to China and other foreign countries for cheap labor. If we think that they are
going to bring back the jobs to the U.S., that is simply a wishful thinking; and it will never happen,
until the labor costs are almost equal. How and when it will happen, is the next question to be
answered.
We are in a terrible vicious cycle without any escape route to jump out.
Economics
December 16th, 2010
8:30 am
It will get worse, much worse. There is a new American Dream lifestyle coming, and it aint the one your parents lived. 10% unemployment will be the new normal, a % of the population will go back to work. The 80-120K jobs that are gone, they are not coming back. Get used to a 45k salary job with no bonus, and a smaller home and older car. Sorry for the spoiled mentality this country has, you arent that important and you dont deserve everything you want. Learn to live below your means, looks like you wont really have a choice now. Good Luck.
dawgma
December 16th, 2010
8:32 am
Change we can believe in! If you never held a real job how can you be the leader of our free nation and create new jobs. The answer is Obama has no answers only big gov’t/big business payoffs. This is the most divisive, clueless, and anti-small business administration since Carter.
Road Scholar
December 16th, 2010
8:34 am
Bill:”don’t worry folks… hold on… in 2 years we’ll get rid of the incompetent idiot-in-chief and CHANGE will come..”
You mean Nathan Deal will be in prison by then?
I can understand the anger in most posts, but name calling and insults won’t change a thing to the better.
Has anyone thought (now there is THE question!) that when they introduced the stimulus and stated that unemployment would be topped at 8%, that the economy was in worse shape than formerly believed? You don’t turn a ship on a dime! Oh I forget that some live in a parallel universe and see the solution…they just don’t want to share it with us….nor do they run for office!
Let’s Help Governor Deal! (No, really.) — Peach Pundit
December 16th, 2010
8:43 am
[...] added this: “What do you expect? For crying out loud, this economy sucks! We’re at 10% unemployment, and we can’t just print money like those Hopey-McChange idiots in Washington. If you have [...]
Hayseed Tea Partier
December 16th, 2010
8:45 am
I’m sure financial whiz Nathan Deal will save us.
Andy in Blairsville
December 16th, 2010
8:46 am
How’s that Hopey Changy working out for you?
Since 2009, I’ve hired 2 FT guys and 2 PT guys for my manufacturing business and every quarter this year my guys have received a healthy bonus. I’m obviously the exception to the rule.
tom
December 16th, 2010
8:48 am
This is truly ignorant,,,find a way to support yourselves. Nathan the “Crook” Deal did it, so find some form of work.Selling.. meth to white kids and crack to black kids…..Live goood……….That’s the American way….lolololololo
Georgia’s Unemployment Rate Climbs to 10.1% in November — Peach Pundit
December 16th, 2010
8:48 am
[...] AJC: Georgia’s unemployment rate jumped to 10.1 percent in November from a revised 9.8 percent in October, the state labor department said Thursday. [...]
Bangled
December 16th, 2010
8:50 am
But wait, Obama and the National Media say everything is GREAT.
Now I have a new meaning for our Star Spangled Banner……”Oh say can you see……,
B
December 16th, 2010
8:55 am
All you IDIOTS who are blaming The Obama administration for this need to WAKE UP! Look in the mirror, GOP supporters! These problems were created by greedy SOB’s like yourself! Quit blaming the people who are trying to clean ul your hot mess!
Virgil Bierschwale
December 16th, 2010
8:58 am
Each of you may be interested in the second video on the right hand side as this has all played out before.
the first time, the people of America won.
the second time, the people of America are losing and its getting worse.
look at the first video to see what we’ve done.
Virgil
http://www.KeepAmericaAtWork.com
Real American
December 16th, 2010
9:00 am
Rep been running this state for 8 years and you dumb hicks, keep voting for the people that has done nothing to bring jobs here.
I guess Obama been in office the last 8 years, you idiots in Georgia were so busy hating the President that you voting aginst your own interest.
I will say it over and over, poor white middle class conservatives love to get pimped by rich white conservatives.
Swede Atlanta
December 16th, 2010
9:01 am
John Boehner, where are the jobs from the Bush era tax cuts? I’m still waiting….waiting…waiting…. I was hoping you would deliver them in people’s stockings as holiday gifts. I suspect we will still be waiting this time next year as the rich stuff their stockings even fuller and remark “let them eat cake” to the unemployed.
TnGelding
December 16th, 2010
9:02 am
Well, the long term unemployed might need to start pursuing other avenues; school, homemaking, military, volunteer work, retirement, etc. But I’m still hopeful if Congress and the WH will get their acts together and get something, anything, on the books regarding future taxes big business will respond.
Kate
December 16th, 2010
9:03 am
We’d better start getting smart about what is going to replace mindless service jobs and manufacturing.
This problem goes way beyond politics or parties. Correlation is not causation.
We’ve in the middle of massive global change similar to the move from agriculture to industrialization.
Those routine jobs that everybody thinks are “outsourced”? A huge number of them are actually gone. My company outsourced a lot of customer service jobs many years ago. But we no longer use most of those workers at all. Automation has replaced them. It doesn’t matter what country they’re in. The jobs are just gone.
Been to the BMW factory outside Greenville, SC? It’s eye-opening. They are producing cars with a tiny handful of workers. It’s automation. The jobs the robots replaced were not outsourced, they’re gone. And the remaining workers need to be a lot smarter and have a lot more technical skills than any assembly line worker from 30 years ago.
This trend is only going to continue and accelerate.
deegee
December 16th, 2010
9:04 am
What about the high tech jobs here in the States that are filled by Asian immigrant workers? Have you been to the Costco on Windward Parkway? You would never know from walking around there on a Saturday afternoon that there is a recession and 10% unemployment in Georgia.
anonymous
December 16th, 2010
9:10 am
hey georgia guy: california’s governor for much of the last decade was REPUBLICAN. and partly because he steadfastly refused to raise taxes – whether property or income – the state is in dire straits. outside of LA and SF, Californians vote against their interests in much the same way Georgians do (for Republicans).
Deborah Bryan
December 16th, 2010
9:11 am
Just read that our Gov elect Deal is going to cut state government employee jobs to reduce the budget, and I am one of those people. We can barely get our jobs done now with all the cuts, and buying our own supplies, etc… Guess the unemployment line will get a lot longer for many of us in State Government jobs.
HW
December 16th, 2010
9:17 am
In the meantime: “Gov.-elect Nathan Deal said Wednesday state government was too big for taxpayers and called for downsizing of the state’s 104,000-member workforce.”
Palin fan
December 16th, 2010
9:19 am
This just goes to show that Georgia is full of lazy no-good “bums” (if you know what I mean) that know one wants to hire.
No one wants to hear about theses losers. Unemployment is old news. Time to move on. Give us some news that matters.
B
December 16th, 2010
9:20 am
Amen ‘Real American’
Curious
December 16th, 2010
9:24 am
I’m no fan of this tax plan deal. How is that this will help the economy recover quickly, when it’s still in effect today and not working?
Am I missins something here? I’m no economist or financial analyst, but one can see clearly that what’s been in place is not working. It may have worked several years ago, but things were much better. Someone please help me understand.
Mountain Man
December 16th, 2010
9:31 am
The reason jobs go out of this country is that other countries do not have environmental protection laws and safe work practice laws (just look at the Chinese coal mining industry, they kill 100 time the numer we do every year). Does that mean I think we need to do away with our laws? No, even though some of them do go overboard. We need to establish a system of tariffs to balance out the equation. Otherwise we all will be buying those shirts at Walmart sewn by 11-year-olds in sweat shops overseas. And wondering where all our jobs went.
Road Scholar
December 16th, 2010
9:32 am
Deal wants to lay off state workers…what will that do to the unemployment numbers?
Where is all the economic growth from all the past/recent tax cuts?
How do you pay down a balance by reducing income levels even though you may reduce spending ( hasn’t happened yet)from an excessive level (that’s why we have a deficit)? While my credit card balances are ZERO, I want to know about this new math. Does it involve Calculus?
maddawg1
December 16th, 2010
9:34 am
Face it America! We are a consumer, debtor nation driven by GREED and racial hatred. China and Japan are the new Financial Powerhouses. Japan and other countries are the new Technology powerhouses. China, Asia, Africa, South America are the new nations of natural minerals, oil and job-wealthy nations. America has now become what she was doomed to become: a poor 3rd world nation! HA, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!
Road Scholar
December 16th, 2010
9:34 am
Mountain man: Europe does. South America is initiating them. I tried to see China’s, but couldn’t see them through the smog!
nativeson71
December 16th, 2010
9:44 am
How to find a job:
Look your best – no tats, no jewlery,no perfume or heavy makeup
Loose 50lbs or more if your fat.
Get a smart & efficient resume. (experience sells(not education), have samples of your work to support your experience)
Act like you want the job with out gushing.
DON’T GET DEPRESSED!
Your job is to find a job…that means 40 hours per week you are job hunting – online: GA Dept of Labor has awesome jobsite links!
MONSTER.com and other popular websites suck-don’t waste your time.
TELL YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY YOU ARE JOB HUNTING (network)
The Federal Govt is hiring…google Federal Govt JOBS.
If you get a job offer ACCEPT IT!
It may not be your dream job …but you can pay the bills and keep job hunting.
Leftwing Democrat
December 16th, 2010
9:54 am
All problems in America can be directly traced to the GOP.
Democrats have all of the answers.
Republicans = Evil.
Democrats = Generous, Smart, Hard Working, Loyal
We need more leaders like Obama and ideas like:
“Summer of Recovery”,
“Hope and Change”
“Stimulus Spending”
“Cash for Clunkers”
retiredds
December 16th, 2010
10:00 am
the Republican experiment in GA is a total failure, period.
Truth Hurts
December 16th, 2010
10:03 am
Glad to see all the people on here bashing GA and the republican party….good thing they are moving to the liberal bastions of CA or NY where the state has not been corrupted by those evil republicans. Those states financial situations are excellent….just ask Moody’s or any other bond rating agency.
Truth Hurts
December 16th, 2010
10:06 am
Maybe we could go back to the “good ol’ days” when democrats ran the state of GA. I think a certain portion of the population would find that their civil rights would look a little different under their regimes. Who doesn’t want the good ol’ days of Lester Maddox and Talmadge to return??
Truth Hurts
December 16th, 2010
10:09 am
If you have the federal government continuing to pay people not to work then you will continue to have high (historically speaking) unemployment. Amazing how more people begin to find jobs, any job, when the “benefits” begin to run out.
deegee
December 16th, 2010
10:11 am
I wonder if Nathan Deal will lay off State workers and replace them with temps and consultants?
deegee
December 16th, 2010
10:22 am
How many Americans do you know that would qualify for this typical software administrator job? Do you think that the job might go to an Asian?
4-8 years experience with Web-based applications, SOA (Services Oriented Architectures) and Web application servers ( BEA Weblogic, Websphere).
Competency in relational database structures and SQL.
Experience with process documentation and process documentation tools (such as Visio.)
Experience with Unix system administration and TCP/IP networking.
Experience using Java, J2EE, XML, SQL and Shell/perl Scripting in a UNIX environment.
Strong analytical & troubleshooting skills.
B.S. Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering, M.S. preferred
Bill Clinton
December 16th, 2010
10:37 am
It’s time to move on…
Roy Barnes
December 16th, 2010
10:38 am
When I was Governor there was not any corruption…teachers got the pay and respect they deserved…and if I had been re-elected for one more term I could have eliminated world hungry.
RSC
December 16th, 2010
10:39 am
Since the “top job creators” have already enjoyed 10 years of the “job creating” Bush Tax Cuts, where exactly are all of those jobs that these “top job creators” have been creating these past 10 years?
Nathan Deal
December 16th, 2010
10:40 am
I only intend to layoff the deadwood…trust me, there is plenty of deadwood in State government.
DJohn
December 16th, 2010
10:40 am
So this is the new “normal” we need to get used to. As long as the government penalizes business for trying to do business they will find another place to do it. We blame the business leaders for doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing…making money. If you can get cheaper labor overseas you are going to go overseas. That’s a no-brainer. If the government cut the corporate tax and gave big business incentives to hire some of these long-term unemployed we might see a change. However, the biggest problem I see is the fact that you have a very large work force that has obsolete skills or skills that are no longer in demad. How do we bridge that gap?
Logic 05
December 16th, 2010
10:42 am
I support a minimum 10% income tax for all.
Since the bottom 48% of the income earners pay NO INCOME TAXES, why should we listen to them?
Ellea
December 16th, 2010
10:43 am
Real American I couldn’t have said it better. I have to say the Repubs are smart though. You have to be when you get people to vote against their families best interest …and I am not talking entitlements etc before you right wingers start babbling about that. In Georgia (under Repugs) the laws were changed in favor of the Car Insurance companies allowing them to now raise rates at will…..and lets not forget taking away the GA Homestead credit which was a TAX INCREASE on property taxes.
WHAT AN IDIOT
December 16th, 2010
10:43 am
Nathan Deal says… “We have become a society in which … we believe it’s easier for the government to pay our tithe than for us to do it ourselves,” he said. “And I think that’s the kind of attitude we need to continue to try to reverse.”
AHAHAHAHHAHAHA. This guy is basically using the government and the taxpayers to increase his wealth, just like Sonny did! What an a$$hole.
RSC
December 16th, 2010
10:46 am
DJohn, the “obsolete skills” and “skills no longer in demand” mantras are pure myths propogated to excuse the GOP granted tax incentives for corporations to offshore. Do you really think someone living in a hut in India has better skills than a local Tech graduate?
Real American
December 16th, 2010
10:46 am
All of you teachers, state workers who voted against Barnes because those hypocrites Rep told you he had tieds with Obama, Ha, Ha, now you stupid hicks will be in the unemployment line.
Hey remember, Deal the crook told you he cared about teachers, state workers and jobs in Georgia he cares so much thats why he is cutting your job.
Where are the tea baggers fakes now? middle class Americans jobs are on the line, this is what happens when you bigots conservatives have hate in your heart for the President now you and satan the Rep party will be in the unemployement line.
HA, Ha, idiots
RSC
December 16th, 2010
10:49 am
Of course, if we continue to cut education in order to fund corporate tax cuts and credits, then we will become a nation, or at least a state, of undereducated workers.
This is the new normal
December 16th, 2010
10:52 am
This is the new normal, unemployment will never be less than 8%. In case you haven’t noticed, corporations are sitting on mounds of cash that they are not ever going to invest in this country. The U.S. is no longer a growing market thus there is no incentive to spend the money here. If the CEO’s can make millions under the current economic climate and Wall Street is back to staging huge parties and giving huge bonuses why would they alter what they are doing? Our economic system produces great fortunes, but is not designed for fairness or patriotism.
Independent
December 16th, 2010
10:53 am
Democrats ruled Georgia for the 100 years prior to relatively recent Republican take-over.
I don’t really see much difference.
Did Georgia outspend other states on education during those many decades of Dem control?
No we were toward the bottom just like now, only saved by dummer southern states.
People flipflop on party loyalty all the time.
It’s the same group of Georgians ruling either way.
Government by the cronies regardless who wins.
Independent
December 16th, 2010
10:55 am
Nathan Deal was a Democrat, wasn’t he?
Typical pol.
Whichever koolaid is selling the best, that’s my new philosophy.
Independent
December 16th, 2010
10:59 am
BTW a bubble results in allocating way too many resources toward the excessively booming industry.
Happened to high tech in the roaring nineties.
Maybe the fault is less Republicans and Democrats and more a Fed that does not pull the punch away from the partiers before they get drunk.
Greenspan should have been replaced by bith Clinton and W.
They both made the same mistake leaving one person in charge for way to long.
We acted like Greenspan was Moses.
He sure wasn’t.
Dave
December 16th, 2010
12:03 pm
Good luck Keisha. These are some trying times and I really wish you luck.
WM
December 16th, 2010
12:10 pm
Ok take a step back and look at the industry’s where most of the first timer filers came from (not just in Georgia, but nationally too): manufacturing, trade, admin/support, & construction. Re-read the above because I’m about to explain something to all of you. In order to create jobs, whether through a small business or major company, there has to be a demand in the general populous for the product/service being offered by said company. If there is little to no demand, why would a business spend their capital to create a job to produce a product/service that isn’t in demand? Pretty easy to understand right? And as a business owner, your main goal is to increase profits while decreasing expenses…so that is why it appears that many jobs that were here in the US, have since gone to other countries. An employee is one of the biggest, if not biggest, expenses a company is going to have. So if you’re the CEO of a company would you rather pay someone $7.25/hr or $1.50/hr to produce the same product? Be honest. Is there a cure all for job creation/growth? No. Not until the market (you and I) create a demand for something we will get jobs. No amount of stimulus will create the demand. All that will do is create short term bubbles and higher inventory levels.
Stupid Amerikans
December 16th, 2010
12:21 pm
The reality is that the vast majority of you punks are completely brainwashed to believe there is a difference between Democrats and Republicans. The goal is to destroy the USSA, and they are managing this quite well. While you argue back and forth about trivial BS the country is being sold down the river. It won’t be long until the former Amerika becomes a third world, has-been, nation. You will all experience a hell on earth that will make the great depression look like a cake walk. Hyper inflation will destroy all your earning, all your savings and you will not be able to afford the most basic of necessities. You will be rioting in the streets and/or fighting for your very life and survival. Martial law will be declared and the real totalitarian police state will be implemented. The US dollar will be no more and you will be forced to accept a new currency. THis is all by design and you are too stupid to see the writing on the wall. Just keep on spending, borrowing and buying worthless crap that you won’t even be able to use when electricity prices are 100, 1000, 10000 and even 100000 times higher than they are now. Weclome to the New world order people. You are Godless sheep that will soon reap what you have so fervently won over the last century. Good riddance people, and good riddance to the former AmeriKa. See you $hitheads on the evening news from greener pastures, laughing at your stupidity. Repent, return to God or suffer the real and imminent destruction of your debt ridden country. I laugh in your general direction and revel in the judgement of God that is surely coming. Try to blame the Repubs or Demos then…Only when it’s too late will you wake up. Then you will be ‘gone’. Godless freaks.
Fletch
December 16th, 2010
12:24 pm
I don’t neccesarily agree that “America” is finished. However, I do believe that the idea of going to work for, moving up and having lifetime security as an employee of “Corporate” America is now only a reality for a select few at the top.
As stated earlier, it is demand that drives growth and hiring. In my case, My partners and I service a somewhat “niche” market in which the demand for our products can’t be outsourced nor can the employees that work for us.
As an example, here in Georgia we operate an Air Charter business as well as Liquor Distribution and Professional Consulting Services. The product we “sell” requires us to have daily contact with our clients which is impossible to do from another country. (no one is going to fly to India to take flying lessons. The same holds true for our beef production in Montana and our Security companies in Nevada and California. All Require boots on the ground.
The other piece of the puzzle is to keep from getting greedy. We all agreed on how big we wanted each operation to be, and that we would use credit sparingly. Also, if cash ever needed to be re-allocated, we would start at the top, NOT with the employees. Over the last 10 years, we’ve done well by following those very simple concepts.
Unfortunately, in Corporate America, the belief is still held that 1 CEO making 10 million a year is still more valuable than 200 productive employees making $50,000 a year.
shadow7071
December 16th, 2010
12:26 pm
WM, you’re right…the demand for goods and services creates business opportunity which then creates the need for labor (jobs). Jobs produce wages which in turn are used to buy goods and services. This is high school Econ 101 but many of our leaders and their advisors either don’t understand this or refuse to acknowledge this simple law of economics.
Today in America, business is operating under the idea of let’s produce outside the U.S. (for cheap labor) but sell inside the U.S. Neat strategy if you can pull it off. The problem arises when the former workers have no wages to buy your stuff and that’s where we are now and it will get worse.
Soon we’ll see the true accounting of this Christmas/retail season. I forecast that sales and profits will be stagnate just like the past two or three seasons. We hear these glowing reports of sales and customer traffic but these are just to boost consumers feelings and hopefully their spending. The truth is that with 15,000,000 people unemployed, 22,000,000 underemployed, and everyone else frightened about their future spending money ain’t on peoples mind.
Nparry
December 16th, 2010
12:34 pm
Folks (whiners) in Georgia need to get off of your whining backs about Obama, Nafta, Outsourcing, Foreigners, etc etc. Instead, find a solution amongst yourselves. For instance, why hasn’t the State Govt. produced an industrial policy czar who will fight to bring manufacturing to Georgia? Who’s your champion in Washington, on Wall Street and at the Chamber of Commerce? Who’s your champion in London, Mumbai, Berlin or Beijing? Jonny Isakson? For one, you can’t have slow-talking, dim wits like your Senators to get this state moving forward. You need a champion, with a vision and a program to bring employment back to GA. 10% is unforgiveable, given all the resources the state has. Wake up! And stop blaming others.
Fletch
December 16th, 2010
12:47 pm
Nparry – “Wake up! And stop blaming others.”
Well said. The article is about GEORGIA and it’s struggles with unemployment. Yet the same old “It’s Obummers fault” argument still surfaces. I’m not a fan of either party, and I didn’t vote for Obama, to try and push Georgias 10% on him is weak at best.
By that reckoning, I guess a majority of the Mid-West states like North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, etc… will be throwing “Thank you Obama” parades next year because he favored them with such low unemployment rates.
Biggums
December 16th, 2010
12:50 pm
My employer let me know last week that my position will end at the end of the year I only been here 5 months lack of work they said. On to the next one
Real American
December 16th, 2010
12:52 pm
My one hour work release is over- talk to you tomorrow
Jared E
December 16th, 2010
12:52 pm
Is this blog reserved for unemployed democratic hacks that lack real job skills to come and whine?
Move out of your parent’s basement, drop out of the union, develop some real job skills and get a life. Don’t depend on the government to solve all of your problems.
Take some responsibility.
Norlan
December 16th, 2010
12:54 pm
Why are all critics directing toward Obama? Did you read yesterday about Obama was trying so hard to ask the CEOs to create and retain jobs in US? Obama claimed himself as a collaborative guy, but the CEOs yesterday turned him down like a poor little boy
the wise one
December 16th, 2010
12:54 pm
Gerogia just pretty much turned the keys over to the Republican party – since they’ve done so well for us over the past 8 years in this state.
Sorry folks, this is what you chose, and this is what you get. And it will get worse, as long as the only economic solution the Republicans have is tax cuts for Boortz and his cronies. i agree with this now you have total republican control or the next 2 years and it will get worst so keep voting them this is state issue not a national one why do i say that cause Montana’s rate is down and has only been as high as 6.5 % why cause all deomcrats run that state its a fact go figure
Fletch
December 16th, 2010
1:03 pm
the wise one – “Montana’s rate is down and has only been as high as 6.5 % ”
Excellent point, however I should point out that the residents of Montana are also a very frugal and logical bunch. The driving force in Montana is Agriculture, and as such, you have a group of people who do not cater to waste or excess. They do not care if you drive a BMW or how big your house is. They are mostly concerned as to how the state can best serve it’s residents and create an environment of cooperation rather than blame.
Vortex100
December 16th, 2010
1:06 pm
Nathan Deal saw the new unemployment figures and said to himself: “Hmmm….now what can I possibly do to make things even worse? I know! I will lay off as many public employees as I can! That way, those people will lose their homes too, since there are no jobs available to absorb such a huge number of people and bankruptcy and foreclosure will be their only option. The economy in Georgia will worsen as housing prices descend even further, public schools will become even more ruinous, and a general depression will encompass the entire state. Sounds like a plan!”
Will
December 16th, 2010
1:19 pm
Pretty sad that ppl still think that once we get this party in or that party in it will change everything. Both parties got us in this mess. We will never get out of it.
Dano
December 16th, 2010
1:25 pm
Republicans have been in the White House for 20 of the past 30 years (1980-2010)
Reagan= 8 years, 1980-1988
Bush Sr= 4 years, 1988-1992
GW Bush= 8 years, 2000-2008
Democrats: 10 years: 8 years Clinton 1992-2000
2 years Obama 2008-2010
So the majority of the past three decades were under a GOP presidency. They are the ones to blame, as they had 20 years to solve or address all these problems, that just kept growing and growing. Yes, the Democrats share 8 years of blame, but the majority of the time this country was under a GOP president.
deegee
December 16th, 2010
1:26 pm
I don’t think that we want to make any generalizations based on the unemployment figures out of Montana. Montana and Idaho create jobs for the general population but none of them pay much more than minimum wage. If you aren’t in the cattle and big-ag businesses you have to wear a few hats if you want to live off of the local economy. The people in Montana and Idaho are very resilient.
recession blues
December 16th, 2010
1:29 pm
obama’s DC economists said the recession was over a long time ago. How can unemployment be getting worse?
Fletch
December 16th, 2010
1:39 pm
recession blues – “obama’s DC economists said the recession was over a long time ago. How can unemployment be getting worse?”
The NATIONAL Unemployment rate is lower than Georgias. Maybe you should ash the representatives of GEORGIA why our unemployment rate continues to grow.
Sandra
December 16th, 2010
1:39 pm
It DOES NOT matter if the President is black. We are in this situation.
Fletch
December 16th, 2010
1:40 pm
sorry, “ask” little cold here in MT.
RSC
December 16th, 2010
1:50 pm
Once Shady Deal starts laying off state employees, the Georgia foreclosure and unemployment rates will go up even higher and Georgia will drop even lower in education (if that is at all possible).
Nparry
December 16th, 2010
2:04 pm
If some counties in GA are depending upon prisons as the main source of income and as engines of economic growth, then you know where the State of GEORGIA is heading towards.
99er and then some.
December 16th, 2010
2:09 pm
I started a minium wage in 1970. $1.25 per hour. I have worked my way up every job I have had to go up in pay. 2008 $23.75 per hour. First to go when they downsize the shop. They said go to school, learn something else to do. Seven quarters later, 275 resumes later, no job, no unemployment, one quarter to go in school. All I have heard from employers is, you have been out of work to long, you are to old, you want fit in with all the young people we have working for us. Had one tell me , he would not hire me because I knew how thing were suposed to work and he did not want his low paid workers to figure it out.
The only way we are going to have jobs in this country, is to demand products be made in this country. Goverment workers are not productive workers, they produce nothing, they only consume things, like tax money. It take a bunch of production workers to pay just one consumer worker’s wages. Goverment cannot create jobs, Poor people do not create jobs,
The only poor person I have ever worked for, was me, I had the worse boss anyone could have. The benifits sucked, the time off sucked, and Wal-Mart put me out of work. They are the biggest job killer in this country, I think the American dream has changed to just to get out of this life without leaving your family in worse shape than they are in now.
MIKE
December 16th, 2010
2:38 pm
Don’t let the liberal media fool you readers. The current unemployment rate is because America has been a ‘ I’ll vote for the party that is willing to take from someone who has earned it and giving it to someone who has not ” place. People need to start being accountable for their own actions and quit living above their means. Quite simply if you can’t pay for it with the good old American dollar that you have in your pocket, don’t buy it. Nothing is free in America except speech. Everything else is earned.
DD
December 16th, 2010
3:04 pm
Quit bitching, and DemanD term limits for all elected officials.
Ann Clark
December 16th, 2010
3:07 pm
It’s the fault of both the democrats and the republicans. The economy was going into the toilet during the Bush Administration by unnecessary wars, tax cuts, free spending, deregulation, and a failed philosophy. (So, Republicans accept that fact).
Democrats, you people are like the cowardly lion. You didn’t have the fortitude to block the bailouts or at the minimum put clear strings on the banks, financial institutions, and companies. You blew it because you are nothing more than cowards.
The electorate is to blame because most are so stuck in their political philosophies they cannot do what’s best for the country. Moreover, Congress acts like a bunch of out of control children in the sandbox.
Former Corporate Dummy
December 16th, 2010
3:09 pm
Dano, that’s good analysis! Twelve of those years were under the Bush family who fancy themselves as “Globalist” and ,obviously, support globalization.
Globalization….. used to use that term in a lot of corporate Power Point presentations. Wonder what the unemployed and underemployed corporate dummies think of Globalization now?
TnGelding
December 16th, 2010
3:21 pm
…in th sandbox with Monopoly money!
Sonnys to do list
December 16th, 2010
3:21 pm
Lets check my list…30 million for land near my home,unknown amount for little league hdqs near my home,go fish so i can use it everyday,and college football hall of fame (10 million) that does it for a while,up yours the good tax payers of
Georgia….Love ya Sonny!
Relocated
December 16th, 2010
3:34 pm
Austin, Texas came in 5th best city to move to. The unemployment rate in the area is 6.5 percent, well below the U.S. average of 10.2 percent. It’s the No. 10 job market, according to Indeed.com, with two applicants for every job opening.
Jim
December 16th, 2010
5:09 pm
Its not surprising to see all the finger pointing on here. The truth of the matter is both sides are to blame. Just look at what is going on now in Washington. Republicans want tax cuts without new revenue, Democrats want spending increases without new revenue. Both add to the debt so does it really matter who wins? Both sides spend money they don’t have, then point fingers at the other.
Theoden
December 16th, 2010
6:10 pm
Expect the unemployment numbers to go up even more once Deal downsizes the state government payroll and companies continue to shift work offshore. Georgia has been hemorrhaging jobs since the DotCom bomb dropped in 2001 and the trend is showing little signs of winding down – and why would it? America’s corporations have become addicted to cheap offshore labor and products. Why pay an American a decent wage when you can have someone over in China or India do it for next to nothing. After we layoff all of the IT, Engineering, customer service, appliance makers, etc, where do you expect the American economy to head… Thats right… in the toilet! Guess who’s economy is on a tear right now?… China! The American middle-class will never learn. We are letting big business destroy the American industrial base and our workforce to facilitate redistribution of our nation’s wealth to shareholders and other foreign interest across the globe. As long as executive leadership makes their multi-million selling America out, it is all good. The altruistic corporation is innocent and it is our government that doing us wrong. Right.. Right…
Indeed, the joke is on us. All we seem to be able to do these days is scream liberal this and neoCon that and meanwhile the plutocrats have us just where they want us – distracted with our eyes off of the true end game – the largest transfer of a nation’s wealth and prosperity to corporate titans and foreign interest without one shot being fired! We are doomed.
Wake up little sheep.
DD
December 16th, 2010
7:08 pm
@sony to do list.You forgot deep water port at Savanah,and trucking,and grains.He is a one man con—–gomerlate.
S
December 16th, 2010
8:55 pm
Here Real, I will say it for you I will say it over and over, poor white middle class conservatives love to get robbed by rich white conservatives. Just changed one word, cause robbed is what it is…They vote against their own self interests along party lines, which is the biggest mistake they could make. None of our Politicians are angels, they don’t make such a person, so we are left with the lesser of two evils in the end. So what you do is vote in your own self interest always, because no one cares more about you, than you.. The Republicans have been in charge in this state for the last 8 years and our state has plummeted in Jobs, the housing mess on and on. Most distressing in all of this is schools are declining with lack of money, job layoffs, furloughs. When company’s move here, this is what they look at if they care anything for their employees, which I admit is lacking in this day and age. So if this happened in your state with Republicans in charge, would you vote another and an already known ethically challenged Republican in office…Nope not in my own self interest…I git it! I did not vote for another ethically challenged Politician, but I and only a few others, it seems, saw the reality of the mess this state is in because of Republicans.
Shadow7071
December 16th, 2010
9:14 pm
Just a few months ago a couple of local economist were quoted here in the Biz Beat as saying that unemployment was going away. They said that soon thousands of jobs would be coming to Georgia. Where are those guys today?
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December 16th, 2010
9:52 pm
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Mary
December 16th, 2010
11:06 pm
It’s just going to go higher as long as big companies keep sending jobs overseas..they aren’t stopping it…just getting worse
Tennessee Bound
December 16th, 2010
11:20 pm
My husband and I arrived in Duluth, GA in 1995 to be employed in “Technology Park”, Norcross, GA. Within 10 years, technology hemmoraghed and the jobs went elsewhere while immigrant grocery stores and five and dime furniture stores errupted everywhere. After lay-off-after-layoff, we migrated to Knoxville, TN where the jobs are plentiful and home values and the economy are stable. Anyone who STAYS in Georgia is ASKING for a black-eye!!!!
TnGelding
December 17th, 2010
8:43 am
The Shadow knows! Soon, Shadow, soon!
Diane
December 17th, 2010
9:24 am
women business owners in atlanta are leveraging their resources to prevent situations like this.
mark
December 17th, 2010
10:03 am
Legallize and tax pot, cut spending by not arresting 800,000 Americans. That will raise close to $100billion. Or keep arresting, keep spending and keep killing in mexico. While the cartels make billions. All you tea parties and repubs should agree.
Shadow7071
December 17th, 2010
11:02 am
Alabama who has had the lowest unemployment rate in the region reported that state’s unemployment rate increased to 9.0% up from several months of 8.9%. Tennessee’s unemployment rate has stagnated at 9.4% now for three months. South Carolina reported this morning that state’s unemployment dropped from 10.7 to 10.6 percent and forecast a stagnated 2011. Overall the Southeast region is not fairing very well.
Public Health Politics
December 17th, 2010
1:21 pm
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over
December 17th, 2010
3:35 pm
isn’t the recession over according to the government? if so, shouldn’t there be lots of new jobs?
Go Fish
December 17th, 2010
3:37 pm
When is Sonny’s “Go Fish” program going to start booming in his home town and start producing tons of jobs—he sent millions in taxpayer money down there, so it should work good!
GaNative
December 17th, 2010
9:22 pm
Jobs have been in a steady decline since the year 2000. I was an IT Consultant and contracts were plentiful until the year 2000 hit. I took a permanent job for awhile but quit it after 5 years because I don’t like taking crap from idiotic bosses. The erosion of jobs started long before Obama took office. The solution to the joblessness in America is very simple. Just send anyone who is not an America Citizen back home to their homeland and the situation will be solved. The majority of people who have jobs now are low paid Non-Americans, quest workers and green card holders. In fact back in 2000 when I took a permanent job the IT Director hired an Indian (not the Native American kind, but the ones from India) and made him my supervisor. Imagine that, I’ve got a guy that I report to who can’t compose a sentence that makes sense, can’t read and interpret emails sent to him, yet he’s my direct report. It’s a sad state that this country has gotten itself in by just opening it’s doors to let everyone in. Sure, Corporate America benefited from the cheap labor, but their quality products and customer service is at a all time low. Take Windows Vista as a case in point. Microsoft was big on bringing Indians into America and put them on their Vista project. What a mess they made of Vista. Vista was a nightmare that should have never been released to the public. The biggest purchaser of it were consumers who had no choice since it came with the new computer they purchased. There were very few Corporation, Schools and Universities that bought into Vista. Whenever I call customer service if the person can’t speak fluent english, I ask them to pass my call along to someone who can.
This recession has really been a blessing or a cleansing of America. So many businesses and individuals were affected by it in some way or another. Maybe now people will stop tip toeing around the real problem and send these folks back to their home land. As long as they have the jobs, the economy will not recover. They don’t put money in the bank other than to wire it back to their home land to family members. They don’t buy soap and deodorant, if they do they surely don’t know how to use it. They don’t buy much in the way of food other than a bag of rice that lasts a month. They live like rats in the house or apartment (multiple families in a single residence). And for the most part they are dumb as hell, but they have the jobs. They don’t understand much of nothing, in fact, if you tell them to Kiss My Azz, their reply will be Kind Regards. Send Em Home where they belong.
Obama said ....
December 20th, 2010
10:32 am
POTUS Obama said that if he would be given his spendulus package ( he did get it in 09 ) that it would “keep unemployment under 8%” and it did not and so, he lied. Bush kept it at 5.25% and when he gave Obama the keys to the White House, retail gasoline prices were at $1.65 per gallon and now, with Obama closing off the Gulf of Mexico to drilling,a retail gallon of gas is approaching $3.00. This is a tax of sorts, because it will restrict American in their discretionary spending. Not good for jobs.
obama’s policies are damaging the USA far worse than Bush. Besides, sub prime loan initiatives are the property of Democrats ……………..no Republican would trot out the idea that we make loans to guys that had no work history or money or income ……………this is the lone proeprty of the Dem party. This scandal caused this recession ……………..not George Bush. The US House sets the spending initiatives …………….not a President. The US House has been in Dem hands for about 6 or more years and so, they are the cause, along with Sub Prime stuff.
Locally and across the USA Dems with their partisan program have just about destroyed America. They use to say “look at Europe, we need to emualte Europe” with their Marxist governments. Well, let us look at Europe. They are collapsing with spending ……………… so will the USA if we do not reign in government spending.
I rest my case. Obama was rejected in the last election and that is validated because Harry Reid pulled another Spenduls bill last week. Obama’s orgy is over and the TEAPARTY will reverse obama care.
Cheney Rules.