According to the Department of Labor’s Current Population Survey, Mississippi has the second highest unemployment rate in the nation at 6.7%. In his commercial Barbour says that “Tennessee and Alabama are going to be out hustlin’ to business too,” and indeed they have been, along with the rest of the South. Mississippi’s jobless rate is higher than all of our neighbors – higher than Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, even higher than Louisiana.
Since January 2004, Mississippi has had a full 1.0% increase in unemployment (up from 5.7% to 6.7%) – that is the largest increase in unemployment percentage in the nation.
Barbour supporters often say defend Haley by saying that at least our disaster response wasn't in itself a catastrophic failure. Wow, he did what he was supposed to, amazing. Well how about Louisiana rebounding on employment FASTER than Mississippi?
What explains the discrepancy in the number of jobs Barbour claims to have created versus the true total?
Part of the difference can be explained by population growth and double counting of individuals holding multiple jobs, but could also come from business owners unknowingly reporting illegal immigrants on their payroll. As Barbour said at the Mississippi Press Association’s convention at the Beau Rivage Casino on June 22, 2007, before Katrina there were hardly any illegal immigrants. “Since Katrina there’s been a gigantic influx and, candidly… I hate to think where the coast would be if they weren’t here.”
Audio is available at StarkvilleNow!, the comment begins at 34:10 in the recording.
Do you now how many more jobs are in N.O. alone? Compared to the our coast, a great deal more. New O has a huge population and after those jobs were back online the numbers jumped back for LA. Its a simple concept really. Our coast is no N.O. and we sure don't want it to be.
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The BIG QUESTION: Will Eaves crack 40 percent in November?
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"I hate to think where the coast would be if they weren't here"? In an election year that is marked, in some other races, by anti-Latino sentiment?
ReplyDeleteWell, good for him. Gotta say, John, I'm about this close to voting for Barbour myself. He's competent, his views on social issues don't frighten me as much as Eaves' do, and he's running exactly the kind of non-racist, above-the-fray campaign I've been pleading for Republicans to run for years. He increasingly strikes me as somebody who deserves a second term.
So as long as he runs a nice campaign he can throw 65,000 kids off their healthcare, kill the partnership, and engage in corruption and you don't care?
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