Slump Alters Jobless Map in U.S., With South Hit Hard
The once-booming South, which entered the recession with the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, is now struggling with some of the highest rates, recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show.
Several Southern states — including South Carolina, whose 11.1 percent unemployment rate is the fourth highest in the nation — have higher unemployment rates than they did a year ago. Unemployment in the South is now higher than it is in the Northeast and the Midwest, which include Rust Belt states that were struggling even before the recession.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/us/unrelenting-downturn-is-redrawing-americas-economic-map.html?_r=1&hp
Funny how the Right-to-Work states are having troubles with industry, while the so-called Rust-belt, with its unionized workforces, are the ones with the declining unemployment rates.
Why, it's almost enough to make you think about your core assumptions, unless you're a cynic or something.
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