Tale Of Two Economies: Red States Roaring, Blue States Beset By High Unemployment

Just The News ^ | 6-1-2021 | Bethany Blankley

[blam]

Of the 31 states that had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. national average of 6.1%, the overwhelming majority, 26, are Republican-led states.

Republican-led states and Vermont reported the lowest unemployment rates in April, according to a new report by the U.S. Commerce Department. States led by Democratic governors recorded the highest jobless rates, according to the report.

Unemployment rates were lower in April in 12 states and the District of Columbia and stable in 38 states, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

States with the highest unemployment rates in April were Hawaii (8.5%), California (8.3%), New Mexico and New York (both at 8.2%), and Connecticut (8.1%). All five states with the highest unemployment are run by Democratic trifectas, meaning Democrats control the governor's office and both houses of the state legislature.

The four states with the lowest jobless rates in April were all run by Republican trifectas: Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Utah, with 2.8% each. Vermont, with a Republican governor and a Democratic-controlled state House and Senate, ranked fifth-best with an unemployment rate of 2.9%.

Overall, 31 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. national average of 6.1%. The majority, 26, are Republican-led states. Of the 19 states and the District of Columbia with jobless rates higher than the national average, 14 are led by Democrats.

However, the three largest unemployment rate decreases year-over-year from April 2020 to April 2021 occurred in blue states: Nevada, (down 21.5%), Michigan (down 18.7%), and Hawaii (down 13.4%). Ten other states also saw declines of 10% or more.

The report came out as the Dallas Federal Reserve reported lowered expectations for May job growth.

Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said that hiring difficulties have continued through May and will likely lead to another weak jobs report following the lower-than-expected 266,000 positions added in April. The next jobs report is expected to be published June 4.

According to a Dallas Fed survey, weakening job growth is attributed to several factors, including extended additional federal unemployment payments and a lack of childcare options for working parents.

"These structural issues, which we saw in the report for April ... all those tensions are not going to go away" immediately, Kaplan said at a Dallas Fed conference on technology. "We think you are going to see another odd or unusual report. ... Businesses are telling us they got plenty of demand, but they cannot find workers either skilled or unskilled."

Republican governors in at least 22 states moved to drop the additional federal payment in response to businesses having difficulty finding people to hire...

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[yldstrk]

I am ecstatic to know this.

[pepsionice]

The four states which are heavily dependent on tourism....California, Hawaii, Nevada and New York....are going to have a serious problem in making tax revenue.

[Carl Vehse]

Tale Of Two Economies: Red States Roaring, Blue States Beset By High Unemployment Too Many Demonicrats

There. Fixed it.

[digger48]

In my little county of 15k, there are help wanted signs everywhere

After the 19th, those extra unemployment benefits end and they have to actually look for work weekly

For my area, $12-20 per hour ain’t bad for fast food

[tired&retired]

You get more of whatever you pay for.

Unwed mothers

Children out of wedlock

Unemployed

Welfare

Poor

The list goes on...

[cuban leaf]

I said in April of 2020 that if the government locks down businesses, they are destroying a major tax revenue source. And unlike the federal government, states can’t just print more money. They have to either cut back or find other sources. And cutting back in a world where a significant percentage of the state’s population works for state and local government, that risks becoming a financial death spiral.

[cuban leaf]

According to the article, some of those blue states are coming back with a vengeance.

[tired&retired]

Hunger and poverty used to be motivation to take charge and work to reduce your discomfort.

When you reward victims, you get many more of them.

[ConservativeInPA]

Allow me to be a contrarian for a moment. PA's unemployment rate is 7.2% if I recall correctly. That's not high enough. I fully understand that many businesses cannot find workers. But the question needs to be asked, do you really want to hire those that so desperately don't want to work? In a state like PA, an unemployment rate of 10 to 12% is actually better for consumers. You get better customer service, because the people working want to work. Better products are produced, because you don't have someone who doesn't want to work messing things up. A higher unemployment rate is also good for those that are currently employed. You don't have to fix all the problems undesirable employees create plus do your own job. Without undesirables, you work more and are more productive without all the hassles.

Perhaps employers should pay their good employees more since they are more productive and just avoid hiring undesirable lazy asses that screw things up. That would probably work in PA, particularly in cities where there is a higher concentration of the currently unemployed. Other parts of PA don't have these problems and actually have unemployment rates much lower than the cities. Those parts would be the deep red areas of PA.

I'm not saying this would work in other states, it is just a way of looking at unemployment from the perspective of consumers and the employed where there is a high concentration of leftists. It also creates a different lens to view unemployment stats.

[mewzilla]

Upstate NY is circling the bowl.

I’ve lived here all my life.

Cities, towns, rural areas that were fine a decade ago now look like wrecks.

Blighted areas now look post-apocalyptic.

Someone should do videos of drives through Upstate to give the rest of the nation a preview of coming attractions.

There’s a reason why NYS has lost almost half its House seats over the last sixty years.

[mewzilla]

BTW, bet NYS is cooking its unemployment stats just like it does its CoupFlu numbers.

[Jane Long]

Someone should do videos of drives through Upstate to give the rest of the nation a preview of coming attractions.

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Since you are there.....go for it.

Post the vids on YT, or Bitchute.

[mewzilla]

I’m a technological troglodyte, Jane.

But if nobody takes me up on the suggestion, I know someone who can do it for me...

[ChronicMA]

if you achieve your desired unemployment level by paying cash to those who don’t really want to work, then you end up with people who do want to work having to pay higher taxes to sustain these subsidies. One way or the other consumers and productive employees pay for it.

[ChronicMA]

if you achieve your desired unemployment level by paying cash to those who don’t really want to work, then you end up with people who do want to work having to pay higher taxes to sustain these subsidies. One way or the other consumers and productive employees pay for it.

[Shady]

Oh, But the Demoncrat controlled NYS Legislature is planning a covert “green” tax of $.55 a gallon on gasoline, diesel and, wait for it…Heating oil! That will put the final nails in the already closed NYS Casket.

[sauropod]

What about purple states?

[bert]

Check out these videos.....

There are tons more

Seattle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=norTg-qij6E

Portland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMnpXm0k2uM LA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUvM-D4l1EU

New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3rhxHdW56Q

[mewzilla]

I’ve seem the stuff out of those two cities.

What’s scary about Upstate NY is we’re seeing rapid, scary declines even in places that aren’t major metros.

Upstate is the canary in the mine.

This is spreading out from major metros.

It’ll be everywhere soon.