That was the headline in yesterday's AJC: "Ga. ranks 50th for jobless." And, as any good political opponent would, at 9:18 am Jason Carter's campaign sent a fund-raising email highlighting this shameful statistic.
The governor likes to brag about bringing new industry to the state. So why are we at the bottom in terms of jobs? Don't these industries actually hire people to work? Let's hope so, since he gave them such compelling tax breaks, which then required more cuts in spending for the people of this state.
Deal's lame excuse for the dismal jobless rate is that this actually represents a surge in job seekers, which is a measure of renewed faith in the economy. Well, maybe a little bit. But 50th place out of 51 -- D.C. is included? Only Mississippi has a higher jobless rate? There can't be any good in that.
Try to pay your bills with that one, guv. Could it also be that (1) all those state government jobs (teachers, etc.) that you eliminated in your austerity measure? And (2) the estimated number of jobs that expanding Medicaid would have brought . . . but didn't happen because you refused to take the gift from Obamacare?
Of course, it's not just his fault. But it is partly his fault. And I hope Jason Carter plays it for all the political capital that can be wrung from it.
Ralph
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