A high score is good or bad depending on whether you're bowling or playing golf. When it comes to the unemployment rate, you're playing golf, and Villaraigosa and the City Council have an exceptionally high score -- which is why you need to help replace half the City Council in the upcoming March 2011 election.
The Spring Street Gang's policies are so incredibly abysmal that they have actually pushed up the unemployment rates for the County and the State, as you can see by looking at the rate for neighboring Orange County. Take a look at the latest figures on the unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for September 2010:
- United States: 9.6%
- Orange County: 9.6%
- City of Los Angeles: 13.7%
- County of Los Angeles: 12.4%
- California: 12.2%
There were 264,863 unemployed people in the City of L.A. in September. If the unemployment rate here were 9.6% instead of 13.7%, then 79,265 of those people would have jobs.
Why is this important? It's important because people need to understand that our problems in this City are not entirely attributable to the recession. Villaraigosa and the City Council have pushed unemployment here in Los Angeles well above the national, state and county averages.
You think I'm making this up? Here are the screen shots for your review:
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start by cutting there bloated salarys and there perks
ReplyDeleteTheir bloated salaries are inexcusable, but frankly an insignificant part of the city's budget problems. What's needed is more sunlight on city government and real fiscal discipline. A few new city council members wouldn't hurt either.
ReplyDeleteIt appears we, the U,S., are in dire straits. War with North Korea, the dollar no longer being recognized by Russia and China. Massive debt. Where are we going??
ReplyDeleteGovernment as a whole needs to be fixed. The entitlement issue and associated “ISMs” need to stop. In place promotions and the lack of controls have assisted us to be in the place we are in.
ReplyDeleteHere's some new people to add to the unemployment line in 2011:
ReplyDeleteRich-Tard Alarcon
Herb Wesson-Oil-Tax
Tony ScamCardenas
Jose "Movin'on Up" Weezy-Huizar.
One falls from grace in Court perhaps, but the others can be VOTED OUT ON THEIR ASSES!
Vote to unemploy these four foul beings!