August 22, 2022

Red States Generate More Jobs, Lower Unemployment

New July data confirms Republican-led states continue to deliver more jobs than their Democrat-led counterparts.

Analysis: Republican National Committee

Newly released data from the Labor Department confirms that Republican governors and legislatures are leading the way in getting America back to work.

  • Through July, nine of the top 10 states for jobs recovered since the coronavirus pandemic began are led by Republican governors, and all 10 states have Republican-controlled legislatures.
    • The top three states for jobs recovered are all Republican-led.
    • 15 of the 18 states that have more jobs than when the pandemic hit are Republican-led: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Montana, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Missouri, Nebraska, Alabama, and Utah.
  • Republican-led states on average have recovered 106 percent of their lost jobs compared to just over 92 percent for Democrat-run states.
  • (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/19/22)

    RED STATES HAVE LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

    • Out of the top 22 states with the lowest unemployment rates, 17 are led by Republican governors and 17 have Republican-controlled legislatures.
      • Eight of the 10 states with the lowest unemployment rates are led by Republicans.
    • The average unemployment rate for the nation’s 28 states with Republican governors is just 3.0 percent.
      • Democrat-led states have an average unemployment rate more than half a percentage point higher – 3.6 percent.
    • 69 percent of the states with unemployment rates lower than when the pandemic began are led by Republican governors, and 78 percent have Republican-controlled legislatures.
    • Out of the 14 states that have hit new record low unemployment rates, eight have Republican governors and nine have Republican-controlled legislatures.

    (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/19/22)

    AMERICAN FAMILIES AND WORKERS ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR BIDENFLATION

    • Under Biden, Americans are struggling to stay afloat amid 40-year high inflation and gas prices near $4 per gallon.
    • Nearly everything costs more, from gas (+44 percent) and groceries (+13 percent) to rent (+6 percent) and baby food (+15 percent).
      • Carolyn Jemison, a Colorado “retiree who lives on social security” estimates her grocery bill has increased “30 percent” in the past year.
      • Illinois resident Luis Santiago: “We have to buy less food, and try to save as much of it as possible.”
    • Food pantries across the nation are seeing longer lines and more Americans asking for help as families struggle with inflation.
      • In Michigan, lines have “only gotten longer” at food pantries due to rising food costs.
      • In Washington State, mother Elizabeth Pole said “It’s hard to survive. It is. It’s really hard to survive” due to Bidenflation.
    • There is no relief in sight for families forced to pay higher prices for back-to-school necessities, with nearly 42 percent of parents planning to “take on debt to pay for school shopping.”
      • De Pere, Wisconsin mother Melanie Brick spent $350 on her three kids’ back-to-school supplies.
      • Patrick Muyonjo, a single father of four in Massachusetts: “It’s very emotional, not being able to afford everything that you want or need… Sometimes when you tell the kids, ‘We’re gonna get this instead of that,’ you can see the pain on their face. So for you, as a parent, it’s painful.”
      • In Michigan, Karen Lewis, who is a single mother, has been forced to “take up a gig job” to help pay for her children’s school supplies.
    • School districts are also seeing dramatically higher costs for food, transportation, and school goods.
      • The largest school district in Iowa will have to spend double the amount for fuel this year than it did last year.
      • In Oregon, a school district is suspending a maintenance project due to higher costs.
      • In Arizona, the cost of paper has nearly doubled for one school district since the beginning of the pandemic.

      Originally posted here.

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