Comparing blue state Illinois to red state Oklahoma's minimum wage and unemployment statistics reveal some very interesting data. Illinois has one of the highest minimum wages in the country ($8.25 per hour). Oklahoma pays the minimum wage ($7.25 per hour). However, Illinois has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country (8.6%) while Oklahoma has one of the lowest (5.4%). Interesting. Does a higher minimum wage equate to higher employment? Obviously not in Illinois.
So you have some kind of proof that the dollar differences accounts for the difference in the unemployment rate? Maybe you could present that. Okay... Washington State has the highest minimum wage 9.32/hr in the country. Their unemployment rate = 7.0 Georgia has the lowest minimum wage 5.15/hr in the country. Their unemployment rate = 8.1 Do you even think before you start threads like this? Obviously not!
You might try getting current data. You don't reference your data, but I guarantee it is several months out of date. BTW, Rhode Island's minimum wage is $8.00 and their unemployment is 9.3%.
Yes, yes I am responding in the only logical way a rational human being can respond to a total idiot. I thought that you'd catch on to that eventually but then again, you are a total idiot. In the entire range of idiots, you are definitely above the 100 percentile.
No not really... This Liberal is telling the idiot messenger that he is indeed an idiot. As proof of just how dumb the messenger is, he responds by generalizing me calling him out for making stupid comments to all "Liberals" when the only Liberal I see "attacking" him is me. You're not a messenger, your a partisan fool. Learn the difference. You're not delivering a message, your spewing your opinion. Do you even realize this every single time you say this same stupid line?
So you are saying the Obama administration is lying? Which is it? Rhode Islands unemployment or was not ion December) 9.3%? BTW, they also listed Washington's as 6.7% and Georgia's as 7.4%.
You might want to consider the size of the population in each state llinois 12,882,135 Oklahoma 3,850,568 US census bureau figures up to 2012
....... and population has exactly what to do with unemployment? New York's population (19.57 million in 2012) is much higher than Illinois' (12.88 million in 2012), but their unemployment rate (7.7%) is lower than Illinois. California's population (38.04 million in 2012) is three times higher than Illinois', but their unemployment rate (8.1%) is lower than Illinois. Additionally, Texas and Florida both have higher populations than Illinois, but their unemployment rates are lower (Texas - 5.7%, Florida - 6.1%). Also, Illinois' population rate increased during the 2000s at a rate of 3.3% while the remainder of the nation increased at an average rate of 9.7%. You're not saying that a larger population equates to a larger unemployment rate, are you? I'm failing to see any correlation you're making between population and unemployment. Please explain.
Try owning up to what you post. Easiest way is to only post things you can back up, or at least believe in. Then you will have no lame excuse. If you can't or don't want to defend it, putting it out is Trolling. If you post someone else's message, YOU OWN it. Your messenger dodge is invalid. But if you wish to keep proving your worth, keep throwing it out. Everyone will understand.
If you're posting it, you are not the messenger. The same stupid ignorant use of that cliche says so much about you.
Put it this way if you had the same number of unemployed in both states the % would reflect a different story, that is why you need to take into account the population when looking at %