The Patriot Post® · Who's Building Back Better? Red States
Analysis: Republican National Committee
REPUBLICAN-LED STATES ARE BRINGING BACK JOBS FASTER
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Newly released data from the Labor Department confirms that Republican governors and legislatures are leading the way in getting America back to work.
- This is the last state jobs data the Labor Department will release before the midterm elections.
- Through September, 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.
- 16 of the 23 states that have more jobs than when the pandemic hit are Republican-led: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.
- Republican-led states on average have recovered more than 109 percent of their lost jobs compared to just over 95 percent for Democrat-run states.
(Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/21/22)
RED STATES HAVE LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
- Out of the top 21 states with the lowest unemployment rates, 17 are led by Republican governors and 17 have Republican-controlled legislatures.
- 10 of the top 12 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 – 3.7 percent.
- 69 percent of the states with unemployment rates at or lower than when the pandemic began are led by Republican governors, and 74 percent have Republican-controlled legislatures.
- Out of the 11 states that have hit new record low unemployment rates, seven have Republican governors and eight have Republican-controlled legislatures.
(Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/21/22)
BIDEN AND DEMOCRATS HAVE SLAMMED WORKING FAMILIES WITH 40-YEAR HIGH INFLATION
- Thanks to Bidenflation, Americans are struggling to live paycheck-to-paycheck as prices surge to 40-year highs and wages fall for the 18th month in a row.
- Prices on nearly everything are up, making it “harder [for families] to pay for basic necessities.”
- Jeannie Jansen of Wyoming, New York, who received a foreclosure notice in early July: “I busted my butt for years to have what we have. I went without heat this winter. I’ve gone without everything. And it’s still not enough because prices are so high.”
- Jamaica Bonvillian, a single mom from Louisiana: “I just get to the point where I break down and I’m like, ‘OK, how do I [afford groceries]?’”
- Megan Naquin, a mother of six who now spends more on food than her mortgage: “Stuff hasn’t just gone up a little bit, it’s gone up tremendously.”
- To make ends meet, families are dipping into savings and falling deeper into debt.
- 48 percent of hourly workers do not have a “single cent” in emergency savings, marking a seven percent increase since last year.
- An even higher percentage of workers – 80 percent – report having “less than $500” saved for emergencies, with workers citing “rising energy, food and housing costs” as the main factors impacting their finances.
- With prices squeezing family budgets, 65 percent of Americans say the economy is getting worse, and 48 percent blame Democrat policies.
- Despite this, out-of-touch Democrats just passed billions of dollars in tax hikes on working-class Americans, threatening to further squeeze family budgets.