[Willie Green]

Related article at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

83,038 enrollment sets Penn State record

[CanadianFella]

... state government created the most jobs

And the blissful slide towards Socialism continues...

[Dialup Llama]

According to some Freepers they can get jobs at McDonalds or sweeping floors. They also can learn completely new skills while on 6 mos of unemployment. Perhaps they could be Java programmers (ooppps not hiring) or machinists (oppos thats the field they are leaving) or maybe doctors. Its survival of the fittest according to this Freeper and anyone who doesn't have a job is just lazy.

I've got a suggestion. You can spend two years taking an Emergency Medical Technician course in order to be qualified to get an $11/hr job.

[jimt]

Education, government still adding jobs

In other words, the "government sector" continues to suck up resources that belong in private hands, burdening the productive economy further.

And we wonder why manufacturing is losing jobs?

[dennisw]

Keep your eyes on the burgeoning deficits of states and major cities. This tax shortfall says recession to me. The California deficit is gargantuan with them floating billions in new paper.

[wayoverontheright]

"The losses that occurred in the goods-producing side were more than offset by gains in the service-producing side,"

No doubt the economy is poor in this area, but generally speaking, most manufacturing jobs are lost because of companies' attempts to escape unions and "unfriendly" political cimate as relates to business. Ive been involved in two such moves. The minimum wage is blamed in a lot of cases, but with lower labor cost, almost every other cost is higher. (Training, supervision, delivery etc.)