ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 22, 2011) – Governor Martin O’Malley today issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Labor’s release of jobs data for the month of June. Maryland’s employers shed 300 jobs, while the state’s unemployment rate remained well below the national average of 9.2 percent at 7.0 percent:
“The jobs report released today shows little change in the job level from May, but we continue to see signs that Maryland is better positioned than most states. There are now 21,000 more Marylanders who are employed than at the start of the year and our unemployment rate remains significantly below the national level. Just last month, the US Chamber of Commerce rated Maryland one of the top five ‘Enterprising States’ for job, income and economic growth.
“This report underscores that we must continue to work to create and save jobs in Maryland. This is why last month we launched FastTrack to help speed up the jobs recovery by making it easier for businesses to grow and create jobs in our state.
“What we cannot do is to allow partisan politics to undermine the jobs recovery. Congress must act now to achieve a balanced, bi-partisan solution to the debt crisis so that we’re not driven needlessly into default, killing the recovery. The data shows how precarious the jobs recovery is around the country. For instance, 29 states’ unemployment rates increased. To move forward, we must remain focused on job creation, not political gamesmanship.”
2 comments:
Ought from Ought is Naught or in simplistic terms
0 - 0 = 0
When you have nothing to begin with you end up with nothing. Maryland is so hostile towards businesses that there is more incentive to go out of business than to stay in business - case in point - Treasures Seafood - where it was recently reported that 7 of 11 transactions were done with Maryland Independence cards.
And how about all of the unemployed that are still unemployed and unaccounted for after they drop out of the system. It is noteworthy to mention that the unemployment rate has to eventually go down as people exhaust their benefits.
All smoke and mirrors to the jobs numbers.
The numbers are lies. As a state employee, I know the real numbers are well over 20%. They are not counting the ones who's unemployment benefits have run out. If you also count the underemployed, or the ones who are working less hours or took jobs that paid more than half of what they used to make, I believe the numbers would be well over 40% as well as neighboring Delaware. In the past there were always manufacturing jobs available. Those days are gone now due to government policy and so called "free trade"
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