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The Texas Job Recession Is Now Literally "Off The Chart": Now Leads the Nation in Layoffs
Zero Hedge ^ | 05/07/2015 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 05/07/2015 9:10:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

More proof everything is bigger in Texas...


21 posted on 05/07/2015 11:44:14 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: wyowolf

Thanks, I did notice that. Something to research more on.


22 posted on 05/07/2015 12:35:05 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: SeekAndFind

ABC News at the top of the hour said that we are...
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Wait for it.
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The wait will be worth it...

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Here it comes....
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Are you sitting down?
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Full employment!
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Yes! It’s true! We’re nearing full employment! Woohoo!!!


23 posted on 05/07/2015 12:39:57 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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“The days of high wages, overtime, free meals and company housing for many oil workers in the Bakken are coming to an end. At least for now.

This is especially true around Dickinson, where there isn’t a drilling rig within 50 miles and likely won’t be until the price of oil climbs back to levels oil companies deem profitable.

“I tell them here, ‘Everyone is expendable. Everyone,’” said Kristen Vesledahl, Command Center’s branch manager.”

http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/local/3731448-expendable-industry-oilfield-service-companies-workers-deal-layoffs-wake-low-oil

It does look like there is some of this in ND. We will see.


24 posted on 05/07/2015 1:25:48 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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