Unemployment Figures  (by: Flecia  -   11/24/2009)

What are these figures based on? Those that are receiving unemployment payments? If so, what about those that have exhausted all benefits and all tiers, and are no longer eligible to receive unemployment? I am sure the government isn't going to spend the time to track the job status of those individuals.

To RUkiddingme  (by: Rusty Shackleford  -   11/23/2009)

First of all, why don't you swallow YOUR pride and get hooked on phonics? The fast food industry has been inundated with a flood of applicants. Managers will never hire someone that can potentially take their job. At least seventy-five percent of applications go straight into the garbage. Since you have questioned such a large group's work ethic, why don't you go to K.F.C., or GreaseDonald's and see how far you get? Do it just as an experiment. See how far you get Tom Joad! I await your results patiently. I have witnessed the six figure salaried car lot manager watering plants in the garden section for minimum wage. I have seen the owner of a lucrative stucco business on his knees, begging for one call for work applied for in every category from riding on the back of a garbage truck to mopping the floor at Captain D's. The condescending attitude toward the jobless you have displayed is pathetic. Are you truly ignorant enough to believe that no poor soul ever thought to apply at a fast food establishment? Wake up moron, not everyone without a job is there due to lack of effort. Now, go hug a root you smart mouthed chump. By the way, what the hell is a "jon"?, and why should someone get one? Are they good to have? Do they grow on trees? Do they boost your metabolism? Do they help you spell the word job? Get one for yourself if they do. Always remember this, you pompous colon spelunker, no job is secure, including yours. You may find yourself standing next those jobless you have attacked one day. Feel free to attack my phonics now, but remember I at least spelled job correctly, that was the least you could do considering the nature of your attack.

unemployment  (by: RUkidding me  -   11/23/2009)

/then why do I keep seeing help wanted at fast food restaurants swallow your pride and get a jon.

Word  (by: Joe  -   11/22/2009)

Cheap labor is the driving force behind any ecomomy. Look at America. Slavery and indentured servents were used early on. After the Civil War we used children until the Child Labor Laws went into effect. Then it was illegal aliens. The only problem with illegals is that when they become citizens they never get out of the welfare system. They are happy to come to America because there is no welfare south of the border. People actually die from starvation and exposure. We can't allow that in America.
China and India are two of the up comming economies that will overtake America. The reason is because of cheap labor. If you are in a country where you could actually die from starvation or exposure you will jump at the opportunity to work and any cost. Even if it is to provide only for food and clean water.
The reason America will loose its status in the world is because we take from those who work and give to those who do not. If Americans could actually keep what they earn instead of sharing it with those who don't work, and only have children when they can actually provide for them without government handouts then we could truely rise to what we were. Until then, watch China, India, Brazil, and almost every other country around the world rise above and beyond America. Sad but true.

Joblessness  (by: Joe  -   11/22/2009)

Hey, its not all bad, at least from the Global Perspective tens of millions of people were lifted out of poverity in countries around the world including but not limited to China, India, and Brazil. Kudos are in order for Globalization!!!! It's actually working.

Unemployment  (by: Gary  -   11/22/2009)

How can this be? The federal government has declared the recession to be over, and they have the numbers to prove it. After all, the GDP was positive this last quarter, though layoffs continue to amass across America. The GDP was positive because the federal government borrowed or printed a trillion dollars for "stimulus", and promptly added that to the previously negative GDP to shift it positive. Any economist will tell you that a positive GDP means the recession is over. So what happened to that trillion and where are the jobs? Apparently it ended up on the pockets of cronies. You see folks, Washington is even more corrupt than Wall Street.

dipping in unemployment  (by: one year and still looking...  -   11/22/2009)

I said it before and I'll say it again the only reason the highlands county unemployment is dropping is because people are moving out. There are no jobs here