South Carolina unemployment surges to 11 percent.
By on Mar 27th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
South Carolina unemployment surges to 11 percent.
Unemployment in South Carolina reached 11 percent in February, a “dramatic increase from January’s 10.3 percent.” Five counties in the state face more than 20 percent unemployment, with the highest, Allendale County, at 23.4 percent. Even as he is being warned about enusing “chaos,” Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) continues his efforts to block $700 million in federal stimulus aid to the state, a move that could result in at least 4,700 teachers and prison guards being laid off.
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You better take the money, Mark.
March 27th, 2009 at 1:53 pmCan’t they remove this thunder-turd from office for imperiling the public welfare?
March 27th, 2009 at 1:53 pmAnd yet the state will love him for it and continue to vote republican. He just has to tell them that it’s the Mexicans fault that they don’t have jobs, that the unions are to blame, and that Obama is a Muslim. Then promise to stop the gays. They’ll line up to donate their unemployment checks to the RNC.
March 27th, 2009 at 1:54 pmThis is what hapens when you vote for anti-union, pro big-business Repugs. I feel sorry for Democrats who live down South.
March 27th, 2009 at 1:54 pm*
yeah but the good news is that
valerie bertinelli can now get into a bikini.
:\
March 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pmAnd yet many in these States like South Carolina with high unemployment rates will most likely blame this all on President Obama and the democrats in 2010 & 2012. Is this another strategic plan designed by the pro-business republicans and their corporate puppet masters?
March 27th, 2009 at 1:59 pmMark, it puts the money in the basket.
http://www.pufferfishblog.com/
March 27th, 2009 at 2:00 pmewe. Which one is Mark and which one is Buffalo Bill?
March 27th, 2009 at 2:03 pmThe opposing party seems to be having an ….. opposing-party.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:03 pmSouth Carolina unemployment surges to 11 %.
So?
March 27th, 2009 at 2:04 pmIn Michigan, the OFFICIAL unemployment is 12%.
Unofficially, it’s probably twice that.
Anybody marching yet?
March 27th, 2009 at 2:08 pmMark Sanford will be impeached by the people of South Carolina for violation of his oath of office in NOT taking money to help the people of his state.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pm…
in other news michelle bachmann
has gone from crazy to crazier.
***
March 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pmYeah, but I didn’t hear anything about your Governor Granholm thumbing her nose at stimulus funding.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pmUncle Ho
March 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pmMichigan’s governor isn’t trying to turn down her state’s share of the stimulus, SC’s is. Point taken on unemployment in the midwest. Good to see this region’s govs are generally acting more responsibly than those in the deep south.
Sandford is being cruel to the people he represents. How are they to eat and keep a roof over their heads? It is not the fault of the citizens of South Carolina that the stock market crashed, but it is their fault for voting this guy into power.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:11 pmjoe cantwell Says:
…
in other news michelle bachmann
has gone from crazy to crazier.
***
March 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
An “orderly” revolution?
Is that a revolution where we don’t get our hair and lipstick mussed? Maybe punch in and out on timeclocks, and check our pitchforks and torches like library books?
Yeesh…
March 27th, 2009 at 2:12 pmjoe, I though Shelley had already passed “crazier” some time ago.
She’s forcing us to either revise upward the term”crazy” (probably her intent) or come us with finer gradations in the scale.
Any suggestions?
March 27th, 2009 at 2:12 pmThe people of SC need to recall Sanford’s ass.
He’s supposed to be acting in THEIR interests, but he’s only thinking about his 2012 presidential run. :P
March 27th, 2009 at 2:14 pmpastcaring ceratopogonidae Says:
Um, I actually didn’t get that far.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:14 pmGovernor Granholm has taken a lot of $hit lately, but at least she didn’t turn down her (our) share of the stimulus. I agree with Uncle Ho, I think the unofficial tally her in Michigan far exceeds 12%
But, 4700 teachers and prison guards laid off? Trolls (if there any today), please explain to me how this would benefit our economy?
March 27th, 2009 at 2:17 pmBecause even without the highly “criticized” stimulus, these layoffs were still going to happen.
Anyone?
Anyone?
Buehler?
ralph the wonder locust Says:
joe, I though Shelley had already passed “crazier” some time ago.
She’s forcing us to either revise upward the term”crazy” (probably her intent) or come us with finer gradations in the scale.
Any suggestions?
**
i’m at a loss ralph,
in the insect world
we don’t have this problem.
:)
March 27th, 2009 at 2:18 pmCongrats, governor dumass.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pmIf Michelle Bachmann lived in the time of cavemen (ya know, 6000 years ago), she’d have been eaten by tigers.
Survival of the fittest…
March 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pmGeez joe,
March 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pmWhenever I hear Michelle Bachmann, I automatically think “Bat $hit Crazy”!
And your pictured link looks like “Bat Boy” from World Weekly News.
And North Carolina isn’t far behind. IBM (located here in Research Triangle Park) just laid off hundreds of people this week.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pmStanford was voted in by the people it’s their choice to remove him. Each day more people are suffering as they are not getting the help from their own tax dollars. Obama is not Bush and will not be a Dictator but allow the people to have their Contitutional Rights of choice while continuing to offer help as they need it.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pmWhoops, it must be my insect mind, ya know faster metabolism and all that!
March 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pmMichelle Bachmann, Bat $hit Crazy!
March 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pmZooey Lepidoptera Says:
If Michelle Bachmann lived in the time of cavemen (ya know, 6000 years ago), she’d have been eaten by tigers.
Survival of the fittest…
***
even tigers don’t get that hungry.
:|
March 27th, 2009 at 2:24 pmralph says;
To my knowledge, Granholm has not refused any stimulus money. We’re hurting waaaaayyyyy to much to refuse it.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:26 pmDRxJapanese Beetle:
Damn, now I’m going to have nightmares.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:27 pmShame on you. :-o
Dr. Moth Matt Says:
It must be Obama’s fault because he’s been President for 3 months now.
Not to nitpick, but it’s actually been 2 months and 1 week. Funny how after yesterday’s “budget” distraction I’m more attuned to numbers.
But I get your point, Dr. Moth!
PEACE
March 27th, 2009 at 2:31 pmIt’s obviously time for a march to the Governor’s mansion, bringing along the tar and feathers.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:37 pmOne of us needs to become a dung beetle and devour Bachmann.
Oh, and it ain’t gonna be me…
March 27th, 2009 at 2:37 pmThe Ctenocephalides Dogfather Says:
One of us needs to become a dung beetle and devour Bachmann.
Oh, and it ain’t gonna be me…
***
kellykinsel is a dung beetle already.
just give her a fresh dung bib and
point her in the direction of washington.
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March 27th, 2009 at 2:43 pmThanks, Joe — didn’t notice that.
kellykinsel: just follow the stench. Or the shrill bachmann voice.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:47 pmDoes anyone else feel the dire need to apologize to batshit everywhere?
March 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pmobviously they aren’t praying enough, right gov. sanford?
March 27th, 2009 at 3:23 pmWhat a scoundrel! The people in SC need to protest – they’re not shouting loud enough against Sanford’s objection to receiving stimulus money.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:43 pmIf the reported unemployment rate is 20% in some counties, the actual rate must be at least 25%. What misery.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:50 pmTo clear up any possible misunderstanding, I did not intend to slight unemployed people in South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio, or ANYWHERE.
To lose your job through no fault of your own is a tragedy anywhere. The doors of businesses are shutting and people are out of work, and finding any job is difficult.
A friend of mine has worked in an automotive parts supplier for 36 years and as of March 6th, unemployed because the place folded. She will get 26 weeks of unemployment benefits, perhaps 1-2 extensions at 13 weeks, but after that, ?
March 27th, 2009 at 3:54 pmShe is three years short of being able to draw ss. I have no answers for her. Unemployment in the Port Huron/St Clair County area is .20%.
should be >20%.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:55 pmTo all unemployed….GROW POT! Canada has a 2billion dollar undergroud pot economy.
Towns in California are growing…they are not going to starve because of the stupidity of the rich bastards (Repugs)who raped the middle class for the last 30years.
Really think about it….how many laws have the republicans enacted to better corporations and how many laws did they provide to protect and better the lives of the middle class.
PLEASE SOMEONE LIST THEM FOR ME….WHAT LAWS HAVE THE REPUBLICANS ENACTED TO PROVIDE A BETTER LIFE FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS????
March 27th, 2009 at 4:38 pmPeople’s Stimulus Rally
April 1, 5:30 – 6:30pm • State House, Columbia
Gov. Mark Sanford is refusing to take $700 million in stimulus money that South Carolinians will have to pay for even if we don’t use.
Tell the governor to quit grandstanding at our expense!
Help us get the word out! Download a flyer to post in your school, church, business or neighborhood.
People’s Stimulus Rally Flyer
March 27th, 2009 at 5:44 pmSanford has his job, so he doesn’t care about anyone else. And this constituents are so dumb they might vote him back in. What they should be doing is having a RECALL VOTE.
This Republican posturing and sudden march to frugality is amazing. Especially when things are so bad in that state. The Republican party still have not figured out why they lost. They still act as if it never happened and things are just the same. By the time they catch on, the unemployment rate in SC might be even worse. People continue to vote against their own interests. Party first. So let them sink.
March 27th, 2009 at 7:07 pmThis Punk is an A-Whole! When will the people of S. Carolina rise up and camp out at the Gov’s Mansion or Capitol. It’s time we get the Crooks out of Politics.
March 28th, 2009 at 12:07 amI’ve got it! From now on, when we go past crazy, we’ll spell it “crazee”. As more degrees of crazy are added, we add more e’s to the word (i.e., “Did you hear what she said today? Man, she’s crazeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”). That should take care of it. XoD
March 28th, 2009 at 1:23 amLooks like the Criminal Bush took a dump on the people of South Carolina. Now their RepubliCon Governor, Sanford, is going to take his turn. The RepubliCons are sure turning South Carolina into an outhouse.
March 28th, 2009 at 3:30 amGopny, time for you to take your meds.
March 28th, 2009 at 3:34 amgoPIGny
You are a punk. You are an ignorant troll and I think the world would be a better place if you downed a bottle of drano
March 28th, 2009 at 7:34 amKeep practicing the republican policy of “just saying no” governor, and see how long you last at your present position.
Look around you fool your people are hurting.
Your were hired by these people to help them, and you turn your back on them for your and your parties political ambitions.
SHAME SHAME SHAME
March 28th, 2009 at 11:35 amObama should give Sanford a deadline…like one week…and then, if Sanford still opposes, Obama should re-distribute those SC funds to other states that are willing to help their own unemployed.
Let Sanford ’splain himself to his SC constituents after he loses the money. Maybe the SC voters will remember come the next election. Until then…you made your own beds, now sleep in them.
Sorry to be so harsh, but Obama must not beg any govenor to take the stimulus funds – that only empowers those stupidshit govenors.
March 28th, 2009 at 1:39 pm