[let freedom sing]

Californians now account for half the unemployed in the entire nation!

A new first for California. /sarcasm

[Free the USA]

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[hitthefan]

I hate to rain on Chronwatch's parade, but August 2002 labor data does not support (to put it mildly) the assertion that "Californians now account for half the unemployed in the entire nation!"

5.7%, 8.1 million nationwide
6.2%, 1.1 million in California

Sources:
California unemployment numbers
US unemployment numbers