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Thursday, June 18, 2009

The Economy Tennessee's Unemployment Breaks into the Double Digits

Posted by Pete Kotz on Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:10 PM

After flirting with double digits over the past few months, Tennessee has finally broken through. Unemployment in the state rose to 10.7 percent last month, jumping nearly a point above April, and leaping more than a point over the 9.4 percent national average.

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That totally explains why it takes four days to get somebody from the UI office on the phone...

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Posted by Bawston Sean on 06/18/2009 at 4:23 PM

I'm so glad our state legislature has spent this session focused on abortion, gays, and guns!!!!

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Posted by Southern Beale on 06/18/2009 at 6:17 PM

Me too.
If the legislature had spent it's time trying to "fix" the economy, the unemployment rate would probably be 20% by now instead of a little over 10%.

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Posted by Gilbert Martin on 06/19/2009 at 10:45 AM

@gilbert and I'd still be on hold for 60 hours a week. I'm tellin' ya it's tougher than working...

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Posted by Bawston Sean on 06/19/2009 at 12:43 PM
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