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Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 11:20 AM Mar 2014

Wisconsin 2nd in U.S. in job losses last month, new estimates show

Source: Madison Cap. Times

Wisconsin was second in the nation in total job losses last month, a somewhat surprising development considering the state’s unemployment rate has reached its lowest level since November 2008.

Employers in Wisconsin shed an estimated 9,500 total public and private sector jobs in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported late last week.

Along with North Carolina (11,300 job losses) and Alaska (2,300 job losses), Wisconsin experienced a “statistically significant” decline in employment, according to a press release from the BLS.

The Wisconsin losses included an estimated 7,900 government jobs, 5,000 jobs in professional or business services and 2,200 in manufacturing.

Read more: http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/writers/mike_ivey/wisconsin-nd-in-u-s-in-job-losses-last-month/article_d3abd44a-b6bb-11e3-86ff-0019bb2963f4.html






Keep up the good work Scott.
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Wisconsin 2nd in U.S. in job losses last month, new estimates show (Original Post) Ellipsis Mar 2014 OP
Hey, Scotty! Where are the jobs? AllyCat Mar 2014 #1
Yet Scottie was giving speeches on how well his state was doing regarding jobs. Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #2
Sadly, the Scott-bots voters .... hadrons Mar 2014 #3
Walker's financial backers are thrilled. His citizen backers are willfully blind to it. Scuba Mar 2014 #4
All Of The Job Losses Are In The Good Paying Sectors DallasNE Mar 2014 #5
Yep CatholicEdHead Mar 2014 #8
Iowa right up there. Our idiot governor and ALEC wannabe rurallib Mar 2014 #6
only reason Terry won PatrynXX Mar 2014 #14
i will trade your branstad strikeforce Mar 2014 #16
Sanity as long as one house is in Democratic hands rurallib Mar 2014 #17
The "good work" is now in other states. JEFF9K Mar 2014 #7
And our Koch-whore wants to be POTUS Half-Century Man Mar 2014 #9
And given the chance... NYtoBush-Drop Dead Mar 2014 #10
Gee, lets not extend Medicaid, and destroy the economy. Brillant scott. Wisconsin, why was he lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #11
Republican policies are obviously working. Turbineguy Mar 2014 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #13
Welcome to DU Ellipsis Mar 2014 #15
But..but... several months ago a financial honcho had an op-ed in neighboring Minnesota question everything Mar 2014 #18
What I don't get is the unemployment rate mostlyconfused Mar 2014 #19
Wisconsin throw this bum and the bums in the legislature out. Demsrule86 Mar 2014 #20
yoo hoo, Scott! You got some 'splainin' to do... CTyankee Mar 2014 #21
Mein Gauleiter, mein POTUS!!! bobthedrummer Mar 2014 #22
Facts are not a part of the ALEC/WICFG media template. K&R! hue Mar 2014 #23
I'm one of those 9,500 Jimbo S Mar 2014 #24

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
2. Yet Scottie was giving speeches on how well his state was doing regarding jobs.
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 11:48 AM
Mar 2014

He never mentioned that almost 8 thousand high paying professional jobs were lost and probably rehired at minimum wages.

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
5. All Of The Job Losses Are In The Good Paying Sectors
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 12:20 PM
Mar 2014

Meaning it is even worse than the headline number. Plus, Wisconsin was still lagging other States in job creation before being hit by this downturn.

CatholicEdHead

(9,740 posts)
8. Yep
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 01:31 PM
Mar 2014

In the Walker parts of the state they jump for joy for those jobs. Sams Club is coming to Sheboygan and the locals are all atwitter for the $12 average jobs that are coming to town. Even Walker's attempt to steal good jobs from MN and IL by advertising in those states is falling flat.

rurallib

(62,416 posts)
6. Iowa right up there. Our idiot governor and ALEC wannabe
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 12:55 PM
Mar 2014

Branstad campaigned that he would add 200,000 to Iowa's economy. By his count (he only adds, never subtracts losses) we have gained 120,000 - normal people count @40,000.
In January he counted a plus 2,200 jobs while the BLS said we lost 7,300. His worthlessness was only 9,500 off.

Branstad so wants to play with the Walkers, Snyders, Kasiches and Scotts of 'merika.

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
14. only reason Terry won
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 06:19 PM
Mar 2014

is the Hispanics used to love him. Immigration didn't used to be one sided until some idiot called John McCain made it that way.. Until then Bush Jr elected and reelected by Hispanics. There is nothing truely wrong with this but shows the Hippocratic crap they have to go to by blaming all the Immigration on the left. Do they love Terry now? have no idea. I'm one of the long term unemployed. Helped only by someone who knows Medicare. I've had Clinical Depression for some time. SSD covers this. Too bad the scum you helped me is mostly drunk.

 

strikeforce

(70 posts)
16. i will trade your branstad
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 07:48 PM
Mar 2014

for our walker any day of the week. and if your willing i will trade your senate for ours. i live in platteville, wisconsin.
i keep track of both governors.their is more sanity in your state.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
9. And our Koch-whore wants to be POTUS
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 02:14 PM
Mar 2014

Given what he has accomplished in our state. Giving him control of the vast resources of the United States, should usher in the final demise of ongoing experiment in political control by the masses quite nicely.

I suspect he would sell human organs, ours of course, not his. Reward without personal cost. The epitome of Capitalism.

lostincalifornia

(3,639 posts)
11. Gee, lets not extend Medicaid, and destroy the economy. Brillant scott. Wisconsin, why was he
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 03:05 PM
Mar 2014

elected again?

Response to Ellipsis (Original post)

question everything

(47,479 posts)
18. But..but... several months ago a financial honcho had an op-ed in neighboring Minnesota
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 09:04 PM
Mar 2014

saying how lower taxes attract businesses from.... high taxed Minnesota.

Never mind that even though Minnesota is no. 47 and Wisconsin is 43, "Minnesota’s economy was the fifth-fastest growing in the nation in 2012 and the unemployment rate in August was 5.1 percent, compared with a 7.3 percent U.S. jobless rate.

The state has chosen over the years other priorities than a business-friendly tax climate, and up to now the strategy has paid off. Lou Glazer, who runs a think tank in Michigan (ranked 14th in the nation for tax climate), has written a lot on the comparisons between Minnesota, a relatively high-tax state with a strong economy, and Michigan, a relatively low-tax state whose economy is struggling.

The comparisons favor Minnesota."

mostlyconfused

(211 posts)
19. What I don't get is the unemployment rate
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 09:53 PM
Mar 2014

Article says it's at its lowest in six years. It doesn't fit the rest of the story as we understand it. Can someone closely following the situation in WI provide some context to help that number make sense?

Demsrule86

(68,576 posts)
20. Wisconsin throw this bum and the bums in the legislature out.
Mon Mar 31, 2014, 07:48 AM
Mar 2014

Time's up Scotty. And all the sneak voting laws won't save you.

Jimbo S

(2,958 posts)
24. I'm one of those 9,500
Mon Mar 31, 2014, 03:24 PM
Mar 2014

I'm a statistic. Not fault of Walker, however.

I have since gained employment, once again Walker had nothing to do with it.

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