Maryland's unemployment rate is now higher than the national average.
According to the last week's report from the Bureau of Labor & Statistics, Maryland's unemployment rate increased to 6.4%. The national average is 6.1%.
Our neighboring states' rates are:
PA - 5.8%
VA - 5.6%
DE - 6.5%
We all remain very concerned about the economy here in Maryland. You might have read the article about the recent write-down of the expected tax revenues into the State. The political "spin" on this information is interesting!
Peter Franchot - "We need to recognize that hope is not an economic strategy."
Anthony Brown - "After years of hard work recovering from the Bush recession..."
Yes, you read that right - he's blaming it on President Bush!! After 8 years of O'Malley and 6 years of Obama, our economy is going in the wrong direction. They need a new whipping boy - no one believes it's Bush's fault.
Larry Hogan - "Today's report is utterly devastating and confirms what we have been saying, that Martin O'Malley and Anthony Brown have taxed and spent our economy into the ground. Overtaxed Marylanders are earning less, small-business profits are disappearing and people have less to spend on goods and services," Hogan said in statement.
Read it here: MD Cuts Revenue Expectations by $405 Million
And the question still remains. Why wouldn't the Baltimore Sun or the Washington Post print an article about how Maryland's unemployment has risen from 6.1% to 6.4% and now exceeds the national average?
Could there be politics at work right before an election?
This is what happens when democrats run your state.
ReplyDeleteNot to worry. The Daily Times will get the word out about the O'Malley-Brown (and Pollitt) mess -- after the election!
ReplyDeleteIt cracks me up that Brown is O'Malley's right hand man, but TAKES ABSOLUTELY no responsibility for this disaster in Maryland! Wake up Maryland - or should we say WESTERN SHORE MARYLANDERS since it is only your vote that counts!
ReplyDelete7:03 - the rest of us are glad this forum exists to publish the data BEFORE the election....we just need to get more of our friends to read it and vote these clowns out of office!
ReplyDeleteIn the meanwhile they spend, spend, spend in a last ditch effort to gain election or re-election.
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Whatever O'Malley, Brown and the democrats want to do will happen. Regardless of the truth, the facts, and reality they don't care. They will continue to remain unchallenged and in control. Maryland politics is an embarrassment, and people are running as fast as they can out of this state. The arrogance and lies from our government is out of control. Marylanders will continue to ignore and vote for these inept and dishonest politician.
ReplyDeleteConsider how our job base is much heavier in government jobs because of our location next to DC. The private sector is hurting even more.
ReplyDeleteThe only rise in employment for Salisbury has been in the fields of Drug Dealing, Prostitution, Shoplifting, and various other crimes!
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