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Time-lapse map of unemployment rates by U.S. county during recession

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Re: Time-lapse map of unemployment rates by U.S. county during recession

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What's so great about the Dakotas? My guess is that there is a higher fraction of agriculture/rancher/self employed that simply scale back employment rather than the binary in or out of a job. "My small business is not doing very well" won't likely show up in unemployment statistics.

Re: Time-lapse map of unemployment rates by U.S. county during recession

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Did we really need those jobs in the first place? I don't mean whether each individual was benefiting from the income from his or her job. Collectively, were the jobs a net benefit or drag on the rest of us?

well.. without jobs people can't pay for water/food/shelter, so yeah.. we need those jobs.

Unless you want to throw in on the heating bill?

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