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The American Cities That Added (And Lost) The Most Jobs

As analysts keep predicting that economic conditions in the country will improve, some claim that it’s not enough to quote national statistics and vague data. Perhaps tangible, localized measures will help paint a clearer picture of where the nation is heading and one of the best is new jobs growth.

Between November 2010 and October 2011, the biggest cities in the country by population added 443,446 jobs. Unemployment in these 250 cities dropped by 7 percent, on average, during the period. Of course, some cities are faring much better than others.

Based on the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 24/7 Wall St. examined the cities that added and lost the most jobs.

An increase in the total number of new jobs is good news for the economy. It means that the total number of people working is increasing. And if everything else stays the same, the unemployment rate improves. However, if new jobs are added and the total size of the labor force — those employed or looking for work — goes up too, unemployment actually can become worse. However, 24/7 Wall St. found that, in general, the cities that added the most jobs as a percentage of total employed also experienced improved unemployment rate, suggesting a strong relationship between the two.

The unemployment rate in five of the cities that added the most jobs as a percentage of total employed dropped. Miami’s 13.6 percent unemployment rate last year dropped to 11.2 percent in October of this year, mirroring a 4.2 percent increase in new jobs, the fifth biggest increase in the country. But it is not always the case. In Jackson, Mississippi, the addition of nearly 2,500 jobs was not enough to offset the climb in its total labor force of 3,000. The unemployment rate in the city worsened from 9.6 percent to 9.8 percent.

While cities that are losing jobs should see an increase in their unemployment rate, the relationship is much less consistent. Unemployment will increase when jobs are lost, provided the labor force decreases or remains the same. However, if the number of jobs lost is less than the decrease in the labor force, the unemployment rate can actually rise.

Of the top cities that lost the most jobs, only two saw an increase in unemployment. Surprisingly, the sharpest drop in unemployment was in Vancouver, Washington, a city that lost the fifth most jobs as percentage of the total number of workers. Vancouver lost more than 1,500 jobs, but its labor force decreased by nearly 6,000, mostly from those looking for work. The actual unemployment rate for the city therefore improved.

These are the cities that added and lost the most jobs.

THE CITIES THAT ADDED THE MOST JOBS:

3. Springfield, Missouri
Employed pct. increase: 4.96 percent
Total employed increase: 3,610
Workforce: 82,429
Unemployment rate: 7.4 percent

The employed workforce in Springfield, Mo., jumped nearly 5 percent between November, 2010 and October, 2011. The city has added 3,610 jobs over the course of the past year, and unemployment has dropped to 7.4 percent, below the state rate of 8.5 percent. The city of Springfield says its sales tax revenue increased more than 10 percent from last year. The improvement came in “sectors like restaurants, department stores, and home improvement stores,” according to Ozarksfirst.com.

2. Pueblo, Colorado
Employed pct. increase: 5.3 percent
Total employed increase: 2,432
Workforce: 53,951
Unemployment rate: 10.5 percent

As of October 2011, the unemployment rate in Pueblo was 10.5 percent, a full 2.4 percentage points higher than Colorado’s rate. Over that time period, the employed population in the city increased by more than 5 percent. At least this is an improvement from 12 months ago, when 11.7 percent of the city’s workforce was unemployed. In 2010, Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas opened a plant in Pueblo, adding hundreds of new jobs.

1. Fort Wayne, Indiana
Employed pct. increase: 6.36 percent
Total employed increase: 7,052
Workforce: 129,151
Unemployment rate: 8.7 percent

In just one year, Fort Wayne has added more than 7,000 jobs, increasing its employed population by some 6.4 percent. The unemployment rate dropped from 10.7 percent to 8.7 percent. Fort Wayne added the 11th most positions in the country, eclipsing the natural job growth of much larger cities like San Antonio, Phoenix and Philadelphia. In fact, the Fort Wayne metro area had the fastest job growth, according to The Fiscal Times. “Fort Wayne—which had a 4 percent increase—continues to benefit from the rebirth of auto manufacturing and high levels of defense spending,” The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports.

See the other cities that have added jobs at 24/7 Wall St.

THE CITIES THAT LOST THE MOST JOBS:

3. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Employed pct. decrease: 2.43 percent
Total employed decrease: 2,435
Workforce: 106,391
Unemployment rate: 8.2 percent

Unemployment in Baton Rouge is up slightly, as the city lost more than 2,400 jobs over the course of the last year. The city has an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent, higher than Louisiana’s rate of 7 percent. According to the Associated Press, a portion of the losses have been in the goods-providing sector. But the largest portion, roughly 1,000 positions, have been in the service-providing sector. In an otherwise successful year for the state of Louisiana, Baton Rouge was the only major city to lose jobs over the course of the last year.

2. Spokane, Washington
Employed pct. decrease: 3.61 percent
Total employed decrease: 3,437
Workforce: 100,317
Unemployment rate: 8.6 percent

Spokane is the third city on our list from Washington. This goes to show that, to a certain extent, statewide problems are affecting these local economies. While unemployment in nearly every state in the country declined over the past six measurable months, Washington state had a much smaller decrease than other states, including neighboring California and Oregon. Spokane lost 3,437 jobs last year — the third biggest loss of the 250 largest cities in the U.S. Spokane’s unemployment actually dropped 0.5 percentage points despite the job losses. There have been a series of job losses, including the dismissal of hundreds of census workers, and the firing of 1,000 leisure and hospitality workers in April alone.

1. Abilene, Texas
Employed pct. decrease: 5.62 percent
Total employed decrease: 3,111
Workforce: 56,106
Unemployment rate: 6.9 percent

Unemployment in Abilene was 6.9 percent in October, well below the Texas average of 8.4 percent, as well as the national average of 9 percent. The city is, however, doing substantially worse than it was 12 months prior. Unemployment is up from 6.7 percent, and the city has lost 3,111 jobs, the fourth-most loss over that period among the 250 largest cities in the U.S. In May, a cooling tower manufacturing plant owned by Broadwind laid off dozens of employees. In March, 178 local teachers were fired. These small layoffs and a multitude of others like them have brought unemployment in the state closer to the Texas average.

See the other cities that lost jobs at 24/7 Wall St.

Comments (66)

  • Canyouhearus
    Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:17pm

    Our small town paper has dwindled to only a few pages.
    There are NO jobs listed in the want ads!
    I was in the Pueblo Mall 4 days before Christmas… walked past Santa 4 times.. not one child waiting to see him or sitting on his knee! Don’t think they could do that on their smart phones, could they! ?
    Small shop owners/employees stood in the open doorways…no customers… guess they were all buying on-line! Sears employees visiting with one another and trying to look busy!
    Someone said go to where the jobs are… how do you get there with no money? How do you sleep in your car with a foot plus of snow and below zero temps!
    Nothing like getting people to migrate away from their homes and families! More family destruction!
    Economy is picking up? Jobs are improving? In whose dreams!?
    Obama and his puppet masters are finishing off the destruction of America!
    It’s time for a whole lot of Protectionism!
    And to clean house in DC and State Capitals!
    If we don’t save it soon, there wil lbe nothing left to save!

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  • eternal_vigilance
    Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:47am

    Speaking to droughts in Texas. How about the concurrent flooding in the mid-states region?
    Maybe we should be considering a WATER pipeline. I’d much rather eat than drive.

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    • Bill in Texas
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 3:43pm

      That’s a pretty good Idea. I like it.

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    • ScottG-CO
      Posted on December 31, 2011 at 12:14am

      Good grief, a water pipeline is JUST as bad as an oil pipeline to the environMENTALists!

      I do like this idea a LOT though!

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  • Southernsoul
    Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:09am

    I have to add some weight to what ME said. Anyone who thinks an election in 2012 is going to save this country is sadly mistaken. There are so many people in this country that will burn cities to the ground if we try to make changes. Saving this country will not be peaceful and it will not be quick.

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    • Dano62
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 6:17am

      Couldn’t agree with you more. In fact, I believe we have gone beyond the point of no return. Especially in this day and age of instant gratification and the masses thinking they’ve learned all they need to know by watching the CBS evening news. My family and I will keep fighting the good fight and take advantage of opportunities to try to help others see what’s going on. IF there is going to be true change, it will have to start at this level.

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    • arslin
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 3:46pm

      We may not be pass the point of no return, but we have too much momentum to stop before the cliff. I almost think it might be better to let Obama take full ownership of this problem. The last thing we want is to have some lukewarm “conservative” to take move into the white house and get credit for the disaster we all see coming.

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  • FedUpinIndiana
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:51pm

    Fort Wayne is the best-kept secret around. Close to Chicago and Indianapolis, great sports community, family friendly, and best of all, low cost of living. Geat place to live and raise a family.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:52am

      Not any more. You let the secret out. To Democrats, more people working means more money for low-income housing, so half of Gary is on their way to the future ghettos of Fort Wayne as we speak.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:53am

      DISENLIGHTENED…you beat me to it.

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  • wwwjr
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:57pm

    So…………? What is all this yap from Silver spoon Perry about how he created so many jobs in Texas. Oh, wait, they are not recordable jobs because they were for the flood of illegal immigrants he paid to come across the border. He is a dunce in more places than the debates.

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    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:55am

      Abilene is an agricultural city. In case you missed it we were in a record drought this year and a lot of ranchers sold off cattle early, much of the crops died and they did a lot of other things to mitigate losses.

      That means no new farm equipment, new trucks, and a lot of kids did without a lot of goodies that they would normally buy. It also means the ranchers went without hiring extra seasonal help.

      Most of the losses in jobs there were due to the severity of the drought, so unless Perry was going to subsidize them with money from the gov’t, which you would also probably knock him for, there wasn’t much he could do.

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  • Twit123
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:52pm

    Mexican illegal aliens don’t come to work. For easy commute, they drill tunnels in various borders, bring tons of drugs, climb those fences in the borders and drop into the US land. They come to the USA to delivery their several anchor babies, and then get welfare benefits. This is what the Democrats want. To increase welfare recipients so that they will always win in the election. Right now there are 47 million on welfare. Those are the people receiving food stamps, SSI, Medicaid, free education, This is now the American dream of the illegal aliens.

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    • Dumbwhiteguy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:39pm

      My boss told me he’s a progressive. He is a democrat. I told him I think he’s confused on the difference betreen a progressive and a democrat. He said he wasn’t and he basicly thinks the government should be in control of several things. He said he’s for one world government, to help the people. He dosen’t believe anything bad can happen, end of story. I told him you could loose your rights and he didn’t think that would happen. He trust and I don’t.

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    • jspec33
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:08am

      Hey dumbwhiteguy tell your genius of a boss if we become one world govt he is now part of the 1% as well as anyone else who make over 30,000 a year. What a moron.

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 6:14am

      Don’t forget what LBJ said when he signed the bill that set up the Welfare, Food Stamp, and Section 8 housing. ” I’ll have these Ni**ers voting democrat for 200 years.” The progressives have added to the programs until it is more profitable to stay on welfare than take a low paying job or try to get an education to improve your earning ability.

      OMG

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  • Redmanblackdog
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:48pm

    I’m stuck in Washington State. Liberals are slowly choking out the economy. Tax and spend. They are tolling the 520 bridge with promises to toll all of the bridges and highways. They are wanting to increase the state sales tax. And we have one of the highest gasoline taxes. Christine Gregoire is in over her head and you can tell that she can’t wait to push the responsiblility off on the next new govenor. Thanks to Obama she was allowed to drag her feet on budget cuts as the stimulus let her pay the gov. workers an extra year with our borrowed money from China.

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  • brado9505
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:45pm

    we’re all americans, we need to boot all the pathetic losers out of d.c.

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  • mean_conservative_teacher
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:14pm

    Abilene has Rick Perry to thank. In order to look better on finance for his presidential campaign, he gutted TX education budget and teachers are losing their jobs in droves. We are being told to expect class sizes of 30+. All so Perry can get on TV and look like a Democrat. Hey Perry: wouldn’t it have been cheaper and more effective to just take some public speaking lessons?

     
    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 11:44pm

      Hey teacher, see if you could make it in the private sector …. If you dont wanna worry about budget cuts , go start your own bussiness, good luck !!!

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  • Winkycat
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:13pm

    The media deals with the issue of taxes but not one wants to deal with the ever growing Federal government that like an elephant needs more and more “food” or taxes to keep it growing. All we need is to reduce the size of this behemoth and the need for more taxes will diminish.
    I commented on an article in the Times of India regarding the success story of the Patel’s and the contribution of the Indian community to the private sector.
    I down loaded fifty points that the BLAZE printed why the US will continue to collapse and along with the US the EU will join in this massive collapse of these Western economies. I pointed the article is irrelevant since it dealt with a time when small business was not weighed down by massive red tape and miles of new regulations that have efffectively killed the private sector in the US.
    The amount of animosity from the Indian commenters to these fifty points ranged from complete denial of these facts to charges of inventing them myself to even attacking my birth land. The level of denial by these Indian was astonishing. Over 20 slurs and verbal attacks against the messenger of bad news. When the US and the EU do end up collapsing, no nation connected in Hillary Clinton’s “global village” will survive. The only the very backward nations that have not connected into the world economy will survive. Nations deep in Africa and S. America will survive simply because they are so backward and those developing and developed nations will colla

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  • SkunkWorks
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:05pm

    more lost jobs and the lost state of california

    http://www.10news.com/news/30075614/detail.html

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  • SkunkWorks
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:04pm

    I’ve never wanted to truly say this, it has always been kinda of a “joke” but now I feel it it is totally true:
    California is being take over by illegal immigrants.
    here is a link to the story that has been around for a couple of days but I just ran across it today:
    http://www.10news.com/news/30075614/detail.html
    Talk about losing jobs:
    ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Delfino Aldama was fixing a customer’s brakes earlier this month when his smartphone chimed with a text message that tipped him to a police checkpoint more than an hour before officers began stopping motorists. The self-employed auto mechanic frantically called friends with the location and drove an alternate route home.The Mexico native had reason to be alarmed: He does not have a driver’s license because he is in the United States illegally, and it would cost about $1,400 to get his Nissan Frontier pickup back from the towing company.

    So what happens when this no license having illegal alien crashes somebodies car on a test drive? What do you think the insurance company would say? Sorry but you let an unlicensed person drive your car so we are not taking your claim, as a matter of fact well will now be dropping your coverage. Have a nice day.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:14pm

      Illegal immigration is a much bigger problem now for one simple reason…. They are no longer coming here for the jobs. They are coming here for the welfare benefits!!!! And the Democrat goal is to get 51% of the people on welfare or some sort of govt birdseed, in order to stY in power, they are killing souls and it is pure evil, the new American Dream… WELFARE!!!!!

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 11:52pm

      Some of them here are just drop off and distributionist for the drug cartels I have seen it easy cash and no taxes they are in every State and major city. I thought it was odd they never went to work but always had money.

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    • Yeah_Buddy
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 3:54pm

      Its not just California, but many and soon to be all states will be overrun, overtaken by illegal alians.

      Its ludicrous that we (at least today) have immigration laws in place that are not viroursly enforced, then when the poor come in droves we give them housing, food, health care, cater to lack of assimilation, let them ruin our neighborhoods with gangs & lowlifes. Wow, aren’t we the home of the brave. Our forefathers must be so proud.

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  • Jeepzea
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:47pm

    What is important is that America will not be halted by the Obumbler administration. We will continue to grow and thrive even though our government is busy trying to ruin the country. We must rid ourselves of these traitors in November 2012.

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  • Slayer
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:40pm

    Rather than complain, here are some quick ideas that will get the country up and running again:
    - Immediate cuts in all taxes.
    - Immediate review and removal of many government regulations.
    - Immediate cuts in every single government agency and program, with many to be eliminated.
    - Immediately withdraw American troops from the wars.
    - Immediate cuts in all government spending.
    - Troops, wall, drones, cameras to the Mexican border.
    - Immediately open up drilling in America for natural gas, oil, minerals and begin building nuclear power stations.
    - Vote Conservatives (NOT Republicans) in, Liberals out.

    Slayer  
    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:00pm

      @slayer
      I like it… But the parasite aint gonna be to keen on it !!!!

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    • tnman49
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:09pm

      Agree 100% with you on all.

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    • Scottmcm
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:46pm

      Well said.

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    • gwssacredcause
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:41am

      I agree with you fully and would add; Secure the Northern border and all sea ports especially if we have our military back.
      Reboot Manufacturing in this country and make moves to reclaim resources for support of manufacturing.
      Bring to Justice all that have committed treason beginning with the politicians and the Hollywood elite.
      Once the Borders and ports are secure deport all illegal alien criminals .
      Reclaim all government land for use by “We the People” with the exception of Native American Reservations.
      Use Inmates from prisons to clean up the trash along the Southern Border.
      Do not put our military in a situation where they are told they cannot defend themselves or others with lethal force, this should go for the Border Patrol and Police.
      Charge a 50% tax on all money sent to Mexico via Money order or found on people in sums larger than 1000 dollars per adult person that are crossing into Mexico. Those entering the country illegally from will forfeit all money, drugs, transportation and weapons.
      Require all incoming immigrants to have a valid passport and be subject to a complete background investigation by either private security and/or federal security.
      Put and end to diplomatic immunity.
      No amnesty for Illegal aliens and an illegal alien found in this country after 72 hours of a certain date and harbored by church, business, or individual will be deported with the person or business found harboring the Illegal will be fined 10,000 for each day and i

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    • gwssacredcause
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:02am

      will be fined 10,000 dollars for each day and issue.
      Term limits on Congress an Senate with the option of recall by the people they are suppose to be representing and the same for Judges in states and cities.
      The same benefits for Congress, Senate and the President as military personnel get including pay at the
      mid level of enlisted personnel rank.
      Prosecution of all fraud in the Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and food Stamp system.
      A law that says anyone caught burning the American Flag as a form of protest will be deported to a country where that behavior is celebrated. Anyone caught waving or displaying a flag of another nation other than at an embassy will be deported to the country.

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  • AmericanFightingMan1
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:28pm

    I saw the last great days of Flint, MI. Hardworking people from a common background who happened to, for the most part, believe in Jesus and family made that town go. Used to be called “Buick City”. Then a new wave came in. Uneducated, uneducatable, slothful, unmotivated, focused on sex and drugs. The city died in a fit a violence. Now it is hell on earth. And the libs scratch their heads and say “what happened”. Ha ha ha, I laugh at them. Their own clown minions did it. Chaos, disorder, anarchy, hedonism. Ha ha ha. And this is what the rest of America is discovering, like a cancer, spreads. The bold men of the past are gone. Now only boys. Cuckolds. Ha ha ha.

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:47pm

      The undesirables left Detroit to Flint then to Saginaw then to Bay City now if they would just move to the U.P. and stay there.

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    • MrMagoo
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:07pm

      Flint still has lots of good,decent people,everywhere.They get along just fine without GM or Micheal Moore’s trash.Its far from being ‘hell on Earth’.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:08pm

      Unfortunately i too watced Detroit and Flint die from the disease called LIBERALISM… they will never ever come back…. Ever !

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    • tiredofthelys
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:16pm

      2theaddled……HUSH or the YOOPERS will pull up the bridge. I need an escape route if everything falls apart!!

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    • MrMagoo
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:42pm

      The best thing Flint can do is STOP voting democRat.The hey days of GM may be over,but its never too late to turn things around.Fire the public service unions and start fresh.

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    • AmericanFightingMan1
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 11:09pm

      I hear you Mr McGoo, there are still some good folks in Flint, but the bad guys run the town and have for about 50 years. My grandfather, who migrated to Flint in the 1930′s, at then end of his life sat on the front porch and watched his neighborhood with a 12 guage behind his chair. Stil, his old neighbor had her door kicked in during the night to get a gun in the face so the crook could steal 30 dollars. The 80 year old across the street wasn’t so lucky; raped. Nice way to end one’s life, eh?

      I don’t want to hear that it happens everywhere. I know it does. We’re sick. Michael Moore is an idiot and fails to understand what ails society. We once knew justice. Rape, steal, murder and you went down. Not now. Revolving door justice. You have to commit many crimes to be put away.

      Flint is a town where the criminals really run things. If you want to be a man and live freely, you will get stomped in Flint. If you hide and don’t raise much of a ruckuss, you can get by, but you’re not free. It means you have to submit. And Flint, just like Detroit, was really nice. Red brick streets, nice stores, factories humming. Then thing changed in the 60′s with the winds of social change. Drugs, sex and anything goes. And an emphasis on music and how good you can dance versus how good you are in school or how nicely you treat your neighbors.

      Reaping what we sowed now.

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:00am

      @tiredofthelys
      I understand they don’t like the cold northern winters so I think you are safe.

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    • MrMagoo
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:29am

      Well,I’ll stand by you AMERICANFIGHTINGMAN1,anytime.Be assured of it.But just know that Flint is never more than a stones throw away from Millington,Vassar,Richville,Caro,Unionville,Bad Axe,Port Huron,and dozens of other little cities besides Saginaw or Bay City.This GREAT STATE called MICHIGAN will survive Obama,Granhole ,Snyder and any other DIP that thinks he/she is smarter than the HUNTER.or the Voter.:)

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    • AmericanFightingMan1
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 6:22pm

      And I will stand with you too sir. We are not few. Just paralyzed at the moment. That can change.

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  • dnewton
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:16pm

    Anything you tax, you get less of afterward. We are taxing labor by income tax, social security tax and some zoning and planning rules that tells you what your building has to look like, what you can plant around it, how many sprinklers you have to have, inside and outside and a host of other rules. The electrical grid is a problem for may potential industries. Wind mills and solar cells represent a bad investment while it ignores the aging electrical infrastructure. People line up in droves to oppose added electrical capacity. The transportation system is shrinking in its ability to get an employee to an employer in a decent amount of time and at a decent cost. As the time and distance shrinks, the probability of someone finding a job after losing one declines. Moving is not easy when you own a home and are making payments on it. You could get trapped into the problem of paying for two homes at the same time for a long time. I have seen upscale people get around this when they live in different states but work for the same employer by trading houses or renting each others house.

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  • Alvin691
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:13pm

    Correction, the Wind Tower is not a cooling tower. It is a wind industry related item, a wind tower.

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  • Boomer52
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:46pm

    How many of the pepole who are looking for jobs are willing to move? The unemployment in Lincoln,Ne is 3.1%. in North Dakota it’s just over 3%.MOVE to where the jobs are!

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:44pm

    In my lifetime, we have gone from EAGLES TO PIDGEONS…. 48% of us are now on government bird seed, instead of working and hunting and providing for our families….. Just waiting for the govt birdseed…. Sad , really sad…

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    • Lord_Frostwind
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:12pm

      This country was doomed the moment people figured out they could vote themselves money from the government. Until that mentality dies from American Society, our destruction is guaranteed.

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    • AmericanFightingMan1
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 11:18pm

      My model is that there are 100 million good, God-fearing Americans. That is more people than in Germany for example. When TSHTF, these folks can regroup. To me, I’d rather swallow the pill now and take the medicine than wait til it gets worse. We gotta ride this out and fix it. It’ll be brighter on the other side. Just going to take some pain.

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:40pm

    The parasite is killing the host, and the parasite is GOVERNMENT and the host is THE PRIVATE SECTOR… and the parasite will not stop feeding until one or the other is DEAD!!!!

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:56pm

      And not only will the parasite NOT stop feeding, it will feed faster and faster and more and more as it grows…. Hence the deficit going from 250 billion to 1.6 trillion virtually overnight…. It is a beast that must be stopped at all costs, no what, if we continue down this road we will certainly lose this great nation…. But remember the parasite will never ever stop feeding , until it is ripped out by its roots and crushed until dead….im not a Ron Paul guy, but cutting one trillion the first year sounds like a Damn good start !!!

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:28pm

      @lord frostwind
      And that moment was, The passing of Lyndon the welfare pimp Johnson, war on poverty… Or more correctly called the war on prosperity and the destruction of the black family legislation….

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  • MCDAVE
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:31pm

    I don’t believe any numbers given by the government…I just know its bad in small town America..And getting worse

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  • Workforit
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:08pm

    I’m just not buying the numbers. I grew up in Spokane. A “work force of only 100,317? Do you know how many people live in that area? A lot more than that… and what constitutes the definition of “work force” in this study? Employable men and women between the ages 20 and 45? That should cover about 100k.

    Census workers? Shouldn’t even be counted. Part time, no future. If a thousand “leisure and hospitality workers” lost their jobs in April alone… What happened to the businesses that employed them? What about all the taxes they used to pay!

    I was in Las Vegas for a three week stay in September. I used to live there too. The little strip malls are dying. When a business shuts down the mall owners just lock the doors and leave the retail store fronts as they were, when they can. At least it looks “prosperous” from the street. You can tell by all the sun-faded window dressings, and when you get really close and look through the window, you can tell the front door hasn’t been unlocked for months.

    Don’t be fooled by this obvious “bend the numbers” so they show what we think you should see type of article. It just simply isn’t the case.

    We as a nation are in deep trouble… I don’t care how you bend the numbers MSM.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:51pm

      Take Abilene Texas…all of the men moved out to Midland/Odessa and other surrounding towns to work in the booming oilfields just down the road. Most of them stil live in Abilene because you cant find a place to rent in Midland. The numbers are skewed badly.

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  • texanpatriot
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:07pm

    Why do the numbers spinners continue to leave out those who have stopped looking for work but either are underemployed or have given up? Too much heat in the kitchen??? I read this is about 18-20%.

    For some Americans not only are you under/unemployed but no one seems to care.

    The more I learn about the folks in the DC area the more I believe they are out of touch with We the People…

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:37pm

      They are indeed out of touch with the people and care about getting re-elected,power,and money,in that order.The Marxist regime currently in power releases the unemployment numbers so you can bet your life the books are cooked.

      I believe the destruction of our economy is being done by design because no one is that stupid,to engage in policies like redistribution of wealth,green energy and socialized medicine it’s all Marxist ideology.Unemployment will get worse and hopefully enough people wake up to rid us of this Marxist once and for all.

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    • Honest_E
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:19pm

      Agreed, we are only numbers, or voters to them.

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  • manuelbetten
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:05pm

    As long as we let China do all our work for us we will have unemployment. Have we no pride in our selves? no dignity? we should do our own work and let the Chinese work for themselves.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:36pm

      @manuelbetten
      Try opening a small manufacturing facility in this country , and by the time you are done dealing with LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL NONSENSE, you will clearly understand why the jobs are leaving… The government is the ABSOLUTE DESTROYER OF JOBS… PERIOD

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:43pm

      @ Detroit paperboy Like president Reagan said government IS the problem and with all the red tape i‘m surprised there’s any businesses at all here.

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    • ME
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:20pm

      Detroit paperboy

      That is the real kicker, I had twenty employees 3 years ago I have 0 today. I make more money without employees then I do with them. Sure there is a break point but at 25 employees even more rules and regulations kick in and I was not seeing a break point for me to be profitable till around 75. Or just bid and do work that I can do as a solo proprietor with no 1099‘s or W2’s. Even as the economy tanks I turn away more work then I do but I no longer have anyone working for me. Mexico has more freedom then the US and if you believe 2012 holds anything more then more heart ache you are sadly not seeing the big picture. I will stay home before I hold my nose for a Rino so many idiots thinking anything but Obama, that is not the answer we are way past that without real reform this county is done. PERIOD

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  • Darla_K
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:41pm

    Well, the job situation is still bad no matter who is doing the numbers. If the Obummer people are doing the numbers it is a lie. You can take that to the bank.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:21pm

      @ progressive
      I agree, and now they want us to hate the millionaires, are we gonna all get jobs from some ghetto thug who cant keep his pants up, when i was a kid we were supposed to want to become a millionaire, and now we’re supposed to resent them, Hey Obama , is my kid gonna get a job from one of your ghetto thugs who cant read or write cuz he went to a government school? Is that where the jobs are gonna come from , you sewar rat ? Sorry progressive, i get a little carried away!!! I hope you had a Merry Christmas !!!

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:48pm

      DETROIT PAPERBOY: I hear ya loud and clear and agree,I just can’t believe so many suckers believed the BS the Marxist was selling and still does.No need to apologize I know how you feel,you me and millions more,hopefully enough to rid us of the Marxist.I did have a Merry Christmas and hope you did as well.

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