Posted on 01/19/2022 9:28:15 PM PST by SeekAndFind
In 2020, our nation’s economy was booming. Then everything came to halt when COVID came to us from China. The country went into lockdown in an effort to “slow the spread,” sending unemployment levels skyrocketing to historic highs.
But thanks to President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed, the federal government authorized three vaccines in record time and the lockdowns ended. Yet a year later, our nation has yet to recover the jobs it lost, as incentives to remain unemployed predictably kept people from going back to work.
But four states have managed to see a full recovery of the jobs lost during the COVID recession: Texas, Arizona, Idaho, and Utah.
“Texas and Arizona have joined two other states in recovering all the jobs they lost at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, leading a trend that is expected to include another dozen states by the middle of this year,” reports the Wall Street Journal. “The states, which also include Utah and Idaho, have benefited from demographic shifts before and during the pandemic — experiencing outsize payroll growth in retail, warehousing, technology and transportation industries.”
What do these states all have in common? They’re red states. “The states — all Republican controlled — also have had relatively relaxed Covid-19 restrictions during the pandemic, which economists say softened the blow on their economies.”
“Those four states have experienced persistently strong population growth, which really wasn’t dented by the pandemic,” Adam Kamins, Moody’s Analytics director of regional economics told WSJ. “More and more people keep coming from expensive coastal cities to places like Dallas and Phoenix, which have a relatively lower cost of living and higher quality of life.”
In contrast, blue states like California are “lagging behind,” Kamins said.
Gee, I wonder why.
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Cruise line and tourism hit?
Florida is a service economy. A lot of food service jobs disappeared permanently. Disney cut a lot of positions permanently.
My opinion FWIW
If they’ve not already passed it, they will soon. Recent job growth is ~25% of all jobs nationwide, per this article from Dec 17, 2021:
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/481058-ron-desantis-jobs/
Florida has gained back 91.2% of the jobs lost since Feb. 2020.
The Governor noted Friday in Ocala that 210,000 were created nationally in November...The state by state numbers came out and Florida’s reporting creating on its own 51,100 jobs out of that 200,000...
You beat me to it.
I think South Dakota reached pre-pandemic unemployment levels at the very end of May 2021.
big tourism state
big seasonal jobs state
massive hits with travel halted
That was my question.
LOL
Love it!
Wondering where NH is.
It’s my understanding that we have had very little economic disruption from our few weeks of lockdowns.
Why? It's simple: Freedom!
In Florida, you feel free. Not only do you not pay ANY INCOME TAXES, not only do you not have to listen to the constant COVID drivel, not only do you not have to worry about BLM and Antifa riots, but you can ACTUALLY LIVE LIKE AMERICANS HERE.
We Americans have forgotten what it is like in America to live in Freedom. We have gotten used to the Democrats NEW NORMAL. We have let our kids be indoctrinated by Anti-White racism (CRT). Freedom after freedom has been taken away.
But in this blessed State of Florida, you can have fun with your family and be FREE in spite of the Democrats and RINOS.
I'm going to the Beach today and see my family laugh. Sorry Democrats and RINOs, you are not invited.
I’m very proud to see my native state now referred to as “The Free State of Florida”.
One day in the near future, I think that last person will go back to work. ;-D
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