Exactly, real unemployment is close to 20% statewide but we need not worry about small businesses ability to create jobs as long as we as individuals are still working? Or at least a most of our neighbors. Out of site out of mind?
. On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > why are we arguing about California's unemployment rate? It was about 12.7% > overall this past winter. This factored in numbers like 23% in Santa Cruz > County and 27% in Imperial County. It also ignored the 98% unemployment rate > in undocumented field hands who cannot file for benefits. But then the > strawberries picked up. And the artichokes a bit later, und so weider. > > But if you drill down, in Santa Clara County and maybe San Mateo and San > Francisco as well. the rate was negative in some sectors. Guess which :) > > If 8% in Marin is correct, that is still a bit high -- the ideal is a bit > above 5% -- but shows how you can't just look at statewide statistics. The > official word is that you cannot hire an Android developer for love or > money, and they don't live in Imperial County. > > The numbers are from memory but they are pretty close, and definitely show > the flavor of the thing. > > Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340841 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
