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June jobless rate hovers at record (SC)
www.goupstate.com ^ | Saturday, July 18, 2009 | Trevor Anderson

Posted on 07/19/2009 7:29:15 PM PDT by Larry381

South Carolina's unemployment rate remained in record territory in June, matching May's all-time high of 12.1 percent, the state Employment Security Commission reported Friday. May's rate was revised slightly to 12 percent. The previously announced rate of 12.1 percent set a state record and was the nation's third highest, behind Michigan and Oregon. In Spartanburg, the jobless rate grew by 0.9 percent to 13.1 percent, up from 12.2 percent.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: unemployment

1 posted on 07/19/2009 7:29:15 PM PDT by Larry381
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2 posted on 07/19/2009 7:35:42 PM PDT by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: Larry381
Wait a minute... Obama just said things were starting to look better! Heck fire... even the stock market went up 7% last week...

This is beginning to sound like a very, very bad headache...

3 posted on 07/19/2009 7:35:46 PM PDT by John123 (Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
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To: Larry381

I was gonna say something like... maybe their governor needs to quit screwing around... :)


4 posted on 07/19/2009 8:04:18 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Larry381

The Governor should join the ranks of the unemployed.


5 posted on 07/19/2009 8:17:57 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Larry381

I just got a job there...


6 posted on 07/19/2009 9:07:07 PM PDT by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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To: Larry381

Maybe they need a foreign exchange program? You know, send people from SC to say Argentina to build hiking trails. People from Argentina to SC to learn about the Fondling Fathers.

We could learn to grow Argentinian corned beef here in the states, and they could learn to grow peaches down there.

parsy, who got some Argentinian corned beef at the dollar store.


7 posted on 07/19/2009 9:17:23 PM PDT by parsifal ("Knock and ye shall receive!" (The Bible, somewhere.))
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To: Larry381

Thats it I had better accept that contracting job in Iraq.


8 posted on 07/21/2009 10:42:11 PM PDT by Little_shoe ("For Sailor MEN in Battle fair since fighting days of old have earned the right.to the blue and gold)
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