The main reason that unemployment is so high is because all the tech jobs went bye-bye.... Well, at least a good portion of the reason.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Daugherty Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 3:33 PM To: PDXLUG, a Portland Linux user group Subject: Re: [PDXLUG] Good morning, PDXLUG. # - Our unemployment rate is the second highest in the continental US # (tied with Michigan at 7.2%, Alaska being at 7.7%, as of Dec. 2003). # - Our state government is barely getting by and trying to tax the hell # out of everyone to make up for their overspending. There have been two # tries recently to scare us into paying more taxes, and voters turned it # down. # - Our governor is a lethargic showpiece that hasn't done anything since # he's been in office. # - Funding cuts are going on across the board for state, county and city. # - Schools are getting the worst of it, they are horribly underfunded # and aren't getting any better. Other than unemployment numbers, you've described Georgia and, I'd wager, many other states, too. I agree: it sucks. -- Jonathan Daugherty http://www.cprogrammer.org "It's a book about a Spanish guy called Manual, you should read it." -- Dilbert _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
