Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Wisconsin leads nation in job loss

‎Ten months after Governor Walker's Special Legislative Session on jobs that resulted in more than 100 million in corporate tax breaks, Wisconsin lost more jobs than any state in the nation according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Tuesday.

The bureau said Wisconsin was the only state in the nation with a statistically significant decline in employment, dropping from 2,757,200 jobs in September to 2,747,500 jobs

Where are the jobs?

In Illinois, ridiculed by Walker for raising taxes, created the most jobs in the nation.

Governor Walker, Where are the jobs?

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

We should be asking Obama the same thing.

Anonymous said...

In response to the comment about asking Obama the same thing, we really should be asking congress the same thing. Obama doesn't have a friendly legislature willing to pass whatever measure he chooses, unlike our Governor. And unlike Walker, Obama's job bill at least has stuff in it that would produce actual jobs. It ain't perfect, but that's a lot more than what can be said for Walker's three special sessions.

Anonymous said...

It's OK..I can now buy beer at 6am thanks to the latest special session to focus on job creation in Wisconsin.

Anonymous said...

Walker held a special jobs creation session where they discussed such important topics such as: Definition of what a bike is or eliminating sex education in schools, and most annoying, they spent several days discussing where in the capital a concealed weapon can be taken. I find the last one really irratating because they did not allow protesters in the capital if they were carrying a sign on a stick, but a gun-well thats O.K. So it is no surpise to me that Wisconsin leads in job loss. Way to go Republicans!!

Anonymous said...

BLS data does not support this claim! For OCT IL unemployment went from 10% to 10.1%. WI went from 7.8% to 7.7%. Certainly does not support the claim.

Dr. Geddes said...

Unemployment and employment are calculated using different methods so you cannot compare the two or use either to support or discredit the other. Unemployment is calculated from a survey that asks respondents if they did not have a job last week, were they looking for a job. If they answered no, they are not counted in the labor force which means that the unemployment rate can decrease even if there are no jobs created. Job creation is determined based on a different survey of businesses and reflects actual employment of people. When more jobs are available, more people that had previously given up looking for work start looking for work again which means that they reenter the labor force and are counted as unemployed until they find a job. I bet that Illinois unemployment will decrease in November as the people report that they have found one of the 30,000 jobs that were created.

Anonymous said...

WHERE DO WE GO TO FIND OUT HOW THESE NUMBERS ARE GENERAED. tHERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PUBLIC JOBS LOSS BUT THE MAJORITY ARE RETIRING

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