Unemployment Map

[The_Kat]

This is pretty sad huh?

http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html

[woolybear]

That's a pretty ugly map.:helpsmilie:

[hoythunter37]

That is pretty sad.

[Ravin R10 man]

Stimulas package is working ok huh?:chair:

[The_Kat]

Whats really even sadder to me is the county I grew up in is purple through the whole dang video lol.

[camoman1]

Pretty sad indeed.

[Tominator]

That's pretty wild. I think some of those numbers are a little skewed though. I watched Delaware county in Ohio turn to dark red, but I don't think it ever reached those numbers. Needless to say, imagine all of the lives that were affected by those colors changing.

[Guest TennesseeTurkey]

anyone else find it funny how the part of the map where washington would be isnt in the purple?

[Nut]

My last day of employment was February 5,2009. It will be a year this week. I know how those numbers can affect a life and it is not pretty.

[wtnhunt]

Not sure the accuracy of that map either, but sad indeed to see where we are.

[redkneck]

Very bad boys.... very bad. If our little company can just make it 3 more years my house will be paid for at least. Dont know with things in the automotive parts business if we can do that or not. I dont see anything getting better anytime soon either.

[m gardner]

Looks like supporting the top of the food chain (the banks) instead of the foundation (manufacturing and small business) hasn't worked out really well. My employer has rehired and is working us an extra day (I'm supposed to be semi-retired but it isn't working out). The small businesses that competed with us are nearly gone and he is "dancing on their graves". He runs a 1940's business model though. Has nothing financed and pays cash for materials. We resented him for being so cheap but have come to appreciate his foresight. The shops that used the banks are in pretty bad shape right now. I think that small business will evolve and come out even better. Question is when.

Mark

[Newarcher]

Yep, here's why:

http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Dec09/ORP.jpg

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[ruttinbuc]

No comment on any of it. I have lost trust on the politics of this country and faith in any real change in the near future....

[PotashRLS]

anyone else find it funny how the part of the map where washington would be isnt in the purple?

And Dane County around Madison Wisconsin stays red at 5.0-5.9% while the rest sky-rockets. Too much government!!!!

[The_Kat]

I can't speak for the accuracy, but I just checked Oklahoma's unemployment history over the last 4 months and it's spot on.

[layin on the smackdown]

Wow...almost the whole country is starting to look like one giant black eye. Not good at all people....do you think we will ever recover from this?

[The_Kat]

It took a major war to pull out of the hard times in the past.

[stevebeilgard]

It took a major war to pull out of the hard times in the past.

well, we have obama starting a second war in afganistan and continuing the one in iraq.

we were promised change, weren't we? all we have now is hope. and an upcoming election.

[hammerforged]

My last day of "employment" was November 30, 2008. Before that it was June 30, 2004. Before that it was November 30,1978. This last stretch November 30, 2008 to the present is the longest I have been unemployed in my entire life since I started working at 15. The only jobs available at present in South Carolina are in the medical field, I talked with a counselor about going back to school for something along those lines and I was laughed at because of my age and lack of formal education. I entered the Marines straight out of high school. I need change, but the present administration is not going to bring it about and I don't know if anyone can in time to help me or the others like me. I still have 2 more years before I can start drawing what little bit of "retirement" I have from 26 years with a company that decided a Mexican could do my job better. Getting off of my soap box now. Sorry for the rant.