[Vigilanteman]

Oil prices are moving back up and so will the Texas economy. It is natural that you will create a lot of layoffs when you've been number one in the nation for so many years in creating new jobs.

The other metric is that I would guess that not many Texans are leaving the workforce permanently either.

The common thing to do in ObaMao's America, especially if you are fifty plus is to exhaust all 99 weeks of unemployment benefits and then discover a disability which will replace it with disability income by the time the 8.25 years of unemployment is exhausted. People who have hope of finding new employment in places like Texas won't do that.

[Codeflier]

99 weeks is not 8.25 years it is just shy of 2 years. But your overall point is still very valid.