Friday, February 3, 2012

The Walker Budget Is Already Working! Part LXIX

At long last, Scott Walker's nightmare of constantly being hounded about the six months of jobs losses is soon to be finally over.

Now we can start hounding him about what looks like will be seven straight months of job losses:
Nationally, jobless claims dropped by 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 367,000 in the week ended Jan. 28, the U.S. Labor Department said today.

The four-week average of claims fell by 2,000, to 375,750. The monthly average remains near a four-year low and stands at a level that usually suggests a healing labor market.
However, the initial claims in Wisconsin surged last week to 15,045 from 13,957 in the previous week, according to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

The number of ongoing weekly claims in Wisconsin rose last week to 126,212 from 123,620 in the previous week.
The monthly numbers won't be out for a couple of weeks, but this sure doesn't look good for him, or for us. Too many people have lost their jobs in the past several months.

Whether it's the recall or the indictment, we can't be rid of him soon enough.

2 comments:

  1. Well, maybe if enough of his supporters write Walker in as a candidate in the Democratic primary, he'll be on both tickets and win by default!

    (Except... if you're on one ticket, as he is already, aren't you disqualified from any other?)

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  2. "Now we can start hounding him about what looks like will be seven straight months of job losses"

    LOL

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