Posted on 01/02/2009 9:11:10 AM PST by mainestategop
AUGUSTA—The state’s unemployment rate continued an alarming upward trend last month, shadowing nation-wide increases in jobless rates that are tied to an ongoing recession.
The Maine Department of Labor on Friday announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate reached 6.3 percent in November, up from 5.7 percent in October and 4.9 percent in November 2007.
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We need to remid the libs in Maine that unemployment is really just 1.3 percent there. Under Clinton, everyone always pointed out that there’s always 5% unemployment naturally from people moving from job to job temporarily.
So buck up Maine, you’re really only at 1.3% unemployment! See, it’s all better under liberal control.
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