While Gov, Perry is playing politics - Texas unemployment rate hits its highest mark since 1987

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Usually I'm not one to blame everything on Perry and the Texas Republicans. Sometimes things really aren't entirely their faults. You know, like the drought and hurricanes, my bad hair days, things like that. In this case their cuts are directly responsible for the loss of government jobs in the state. Which have greatly added, and will continue to add in the future, to the increase in unemployment in the state.

The Texas unemployment rate hit 8.4 percent in July — its highest mark since 1987.

Texas added 29,300 jobs in the month, but the unemployment rate increased from 8.2 percent to 8.4 percent. The private sector added 38,700 jobs, but Texas lost almost 10,000 government jobs.

Gov. Rick Perry wants to center his campaign around jobs, so the rate’s movement up and down is important. Perry and his team want to create a contrast between Texas and the country, which had a 9.1 percent unemployment rate in July. The national unemployment rate in July ticked down a tenth of a point, from 9.2 percent in June.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2011/08/19/texas_unemployment_rate_hits_i.html

Heh, in July 26 states had lower unemployment than Texas. That's going to need some extra spinning from Perry and his team.

Edit to add back a part accidentally snipped out.

[Scurrilous]

1. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

One kick for Perry, the Texas Repubicans and the 26 states with lower unemployment than Texas.

:kick:

[TexYellowDogDem]

2. 1987 was another republican governor---Bill Clements

Seems like we have a lot more unemployment with republican governors.

Just sayin' !