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Monday, July 19, 2010 | 6:48 a.m.
Sun Coverage
CARSON CITY – The unemployment rate in Nevada hit another high in June and the number of jobless in the Las Vegas area continued to climb.
The state Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation estimated the June statewide rate at 14.2 percent with an estimated 193,300 people jobless. It outpaced the national average of 9.5 percent, which fell from 9.7 percent in May.
The statewide unemployment rate was 13.8 percent in May.
In the Las Vegas area, the unemployment rate jumped to 14.5 percent, the highest of the state’s three metropolitan areas. There were an estimated 141,500 persons out of work in June compared to 138,000 in May.
The department said the Clark County unemployment rate in May was 14.1 percent. In the Las Vegas area, private employers added 3,700 but state and local governments shed 3,800 workers.
The division reported that construction employment rose in Clark County to 46,800, up 300 jobs from May. However, manufacturing employment fell to 20,100, down 100 jobs from the previous month.
Casino-hotels and gambling accounted for 154,500 jobs, the same as May.
The department said statewide figures for the construction industry showed an unexpected loss of 2,400 jobs. Employment in the trade, transportation and utilities segment increased by 1,800 jobs to 143,500.
Government employment fell to 96,800, down from May’s 100,600 in the Las Vegas area. The loss of government jobs statewide was tied to the end of the school year.
The temporary census hiring that fueled the previous increases in federal government employment has ended and the positions will disappear in the next couple of months.
The department said the unemployment rate in May in the Reno-Sparks area rose to 13.6 percent, up from 13.3 percent in May. Carson City’s rate inched up to 13.4 percent, compared to 13.2 percent in May.
The department said the drop in the national jobless rate is a good sign since Nevada’s economic picture is tied to the health of the country. An economic rebound is a prerequisite for improvement in Nevada, officials said.
“But with stimulus dollars running short and private employers thus far sitting on the sidelines, expectations for near-term economic growth have diminished somewhat of late,” the department said in a statement.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid responded to the jobless numbers this morning, saying “the efforts of this Congress have kept a bad situation from becoming worse,” but more work needed to be done.
“It took many years to dig us into this hole and we’re not going to get out of it overnight,” Reid said in a statement. “It’s why we passed Wall Street Reform, why we’re working on the small business jobs bill and why we’re going to extend unemployment insurance. We have a lot of work to do to restore Nevada’s economic vitality, but Nevadans are fighters and I will continue fighting with them until every Nevadan who wants a job has one.”
193,300 WOW
I don't think Reid nor Angle can fix this. Reid shows he definitely can't and I don't think Angle has the experience or knowledge to do so. We are doomed.
The Wall Street/Mortgage "meltdown" caused all this in Nevada. Our economy was/is based on construction and gaming. We stopped building, cause no one could buy and gaming dropped-off a cliff because the rest of the country ran out of excess cash (equity) to throw at Las Vegas.
None of that can be laid at Harry Reid's doorstep! And... let's not forget that Republicans, with a few exceptions, overwhelmingly refused to support the recently passed Wall Street reform and regulation legislation. They chose to remind us AGAIN that the policies of the past are best.
harry tries to help those unfortunate unemployed...
psycho sharron calls them "spoiled"...
make no mistake boys and girls...
psycho sharron is evil...
evil wrapped in arrogance...
sealed with a smile...
a PSYCHO SMILE!!!
Half -- READ THIS -- 50 percent of the lobs lost were due directly to the Governors war on State workers.
State workers make up a tiny fraction of the States' overall workforce yet due directly to the Governors actions they contributed 50% to the rise of unemployment. Albeit some of the drop in State employment had to do with the end of the school year.
In any case, how does Reid have ANYTHING to do with that?
Keep cutting State budget so that you can enjoy even further declines in employment....which in turn, will trickle down and mean an even larger impact on other employment in the State of Nevada.
if you want to blame anyone blame Bush for ultra cheap credit in 2001 and the ramped up property market built on fresh air.
by the way the stimulus is ending and cost cutting is the new order, expect harsh taxes and cuts to repay all the stimulus
brain sandoval is a COWARD!!!
i believe heidi harris calls him "rico suave"...
hee hee hee...
hey rico suave...
come out come out wherever you are...
you know who last used this duck and hide strategy to win the governor's mansion...
monkey boy gibbons...
brain sandoval is a COWARD!!!
and make no mistake boys and girls...
rico suave thinks the unemployed are spoiled too...
brian sandoval is a COWARD!!!
Thanks Harry!!!
What about the now 6,000 people a week falling off the unemployment rolls, including me? The media only reports 14.5% and my guess would be pushing 25% at this point as many have just given up, lost everything they ever had or just moves away looking for something to do elsewhere.
Oh sure, re-elect Reid and keep BO in the WH and we'll all be jobless, homeless, etc. I don't like being without work anymore than anyone else does. Someone needs to keep an accurate count and not muddy the waters with rhetoric.
"psycho sharron is evil...
evil wrapped in arrogance..."
i'm no reid fan but i think you're right about angle. there's something about her that scares me a little.
Reid is a disaster. Let's see, who has controlled the Senate for the last four years or so? It certainly wasn't the conservatives. The president doesn't pass budgets or dictate to the world who will or will not qualify for a fannie mae home loan.
The housing bubble was created by Congress, not the president. These last three years of economic tragedy have been the work of Mr. Reid and Barney Frank. Please, let's get this idiot out of office!
I don't love Angle, but between Reid and a ham sandwich -- the ham sandwich wins. Period.
Why is ALWAYS Harry Reids FAULT? What about all of the other Democrats OR MAYBE Republicants like Johnny Ensign's fault too?! Sharron Angle is gonna fix everything?! She's a nutjob, in my opinion!
As pointed out, the Las Vegas economy is not diverse enough to handle the downturn. While the Republicans (now a minority in Clark County), reluctantly are required to vote for Angle, it is odd that the party most opposed to union labor would stand up to fight for the return of construction and hospitality services jobs that have taken such a considerable hit in this economy. Many of these jobs are not coming back. There are no grandiose plans for new mega resorts, there is a glut of existing homes and we have yet to see the real losses in commercial real estate.
As much as the rest of the state despises Clark County (even though we provide the bulk of the revenue) because of our urban lifestyle and metropolitan issues that most of the one-horse, two traffic light towns that dot the rest of the Nevada landscape can't even fathom. Angle will not get elected from this growing democratic base and is out of touch with the needs of such a diverse demographic. At present, she is more than 17 points down in the polls. We must rely on Reid's ability to attract more diverse industries and as a voting base we need to support his efforts by providing an educated workforce ready to support these companies.
Harry Reid also believes:
Barak Hussein Obama speaks without a 'negro' dialect unless he wants to.
Joseph Smith was a modern-day prophet who spoke directly to God.
Shady land deals are all part of the benefits of the gig.
Yelling 'This war is lost' was an acceptable outburst to scream on the floor of the Senate - While our boys and girls where on the ground in Iraq.
Harry Reid is not qualified to run a condo HOA muchless serve our public office.
Atta boy Harry, you go girl.
Do you think we'll hit 15% by election time, but wait you Harry moron zombies will create more excuses to justify it.
Come on back here Barry O, Harry needs more money to put in Jim Rogers pocket.
Anybody but a Reid.
Thank you Reid.
You have been a US Senator for a few decades now.
You have been in charge of the Senate since 2006.
You have done so much for us.
Keep up the good work!!!!!!!
Logic: Las Vegas has jobs! I hate Las Vegas, but I'll move there and earn a quick buck, and then leave as soon as I can!
The time has come. Some people just need to move on.
Okay all of you Angle nuts...read the story....private sector employment is up....government jobs are down -- for most of you, that's a dream come true. And remember, according to your Mrs. Angle, "government doesn't create jobs". Of course, she has yet to explain how her husband was employed by the BLM for 37 years and now draws a federal retirement pension paid for by the taxpayers. And unfortunately, every new worker who loses his or her job, in the private or public sector, is one more person who probably can't pay his mortgage and other bills, which hurts our local economy.
And please listen to Sharron, she says it is not a Senator's job to create jobs, so don't blame Harry even thought he has help preserve and create ten of thousands of jobs in this state.
Harry Reid and Gov. Gibbons MUST accept the blame for this situation, and step aside for new blood to try and fix this mess...
Not surprised. Numbers are actually higher. No good choice of a Donkey or Elephant candidate to choose from. So sad. Federal, State, County and City Governments are a mess and makes you wonder what direction this state and country is headed.
"The housing bubble was created by Congress"
Correct, it was created when Republicans in Congress added amendments to budget bills in order to destroy 70 years of regulation on banks. That was at the turn of the century. For seven years, Wall Street bundled poisonous mortgages and inflated peoples' portfolios. Republicans in charge did NOTHING to stop it. Their regulators looked the other way.
Private lending firms loaned to anyone and everyone they could, with mortgage products that would balloon in a few years' time.
The bubble began around 2002, and grew until 2007, when all those private loans began to adjust and people who couldn't afford the loans began to default. Then, it burst.
So yes, nvlawyer, the bubble did burst while Democrats were in Congress. But only a complete fool would ignore the fact that the policies put in place by Republicans, and the lack of oversight of regulators by the Republican administration.
So, the better question is: what do we do now?
Do we tighten regulation on the banks to prevent this from happening again? Do we improve reporting so that regulators have better information? If you think this is a GOOD idea, then you had better vote AGAINST Sharron Angle.
Sharron believes in her heart of hearts that the market can do no wrong, and that regulation is the enemy.
When asked by the Sun if Wall Street needed to be reformed, she answered:
"No," she said in a written response. "Getting back to tried and true supply-side economics affectionately known as Reaganomics will give small business and international confidence in our economy."
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/apr...
Dear Reid-Bashers:
What have Nevada's other US Senator and Nevada's Governor, both Republicans, done to effectively address the unemployment issue in this state?? Can you cite any accomplishments?? (Sorry, focusing on getting into women's pants and attempting to cover it up doesn't count.)
I wonder why no one interviewed our esteemed governor for his comments for this story. Why is it that we look to Washington DC for solutions. Should we not expect the leaders in Carson City to do something?
Some of you can only spew political rhetoric.
Try this: All politicians are wasting your money.
ESPECIALLY those who call themselves "Democrat" or "Republican."
IS IT 99 WEEKS THAT ONE CAN COLLECT BENEFITS? Why can we not find meaningful coverage of this? Do benefits decrease if one is out of work more than 26 weeks? I've heard that you get about 1/3 of past salary.....
@Logic
We agree on this one.
We can't afford another six years of Harry Reid and Obama. Reid should be fired in November and Obama should be impeached.
I've read all these posts and all I see is finger pointing. If all of you think for a minute that Reid or Angle can fix this mess you're sadly wrong. Angle can't she has no experience and although some of what is reported about her is incorrect she still doesn't have the knowledge. Reid IS and WAS a big part of this disaster. If you think for a minute that the Dems can dig us out or that Reid has helped the economy you're wrong. He's the majority leader and with his behind the scenes politics still hasn't helped our state. I haven't seen one candidate worth my vote. Sadly we are all in the same boat. In conclusion stop bashing the Repubs and Dems. Find me someone that has it on the ball. Show me a leader that doesn't finger point but works for a better economic life for us. This person should have a business background and if allowed to help our current situation should be the one that we all owe our gratitude.
It's easy to sit back and call your politicians cowards, but those casting stones are the true cowards sitting in secrecy behind their computer afraid or too lazy to go out and do something for your city/state/country. Quit whining and actually do something, quit expecting everyone else to solve your problems. Let's see you work a government position. Bet you wouldn't last a day. Las Vegas is 98% full of cynics, no wonder no one is happy here.
Without the 55,000 MGM jobs that Reid saved, which Angle wouldn't have lifted a finger to save, the statewide unemployment rate would have been 18.4%, not counting the losses in jobs and services that would have been lost because of a loss of purchasing power by these people.
The country is in an economic downturn and Vegas is sick simply because most Americans don't have a lot of disposable income at the present time. Once the rest of the nation's economy improves, we will come back very quickly. However, we need to learn that we have to diversify our state's economy. Gaming and mining are not enough. Reid's approach, making alternative energy the third leg of this economic stool, is a good one
I agree totally LasVegas2009, but unfortunately that is never going to happen in this state. The illegals will get everything handed to them on a silver platter while we get absolutely nothing.
LasVegas2009,
Here are the best numbers I can find that might be reliable for illegals in the workforce:
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1190/portrai...
Pew estimates that 12% of the Nevada workforce is illegal, or about 170,000 in 2008. This figure leads the nation percentage wise.
Harry Reid wants a plan where every one of those illegal workers can KEEP their jobs and gain some kind of legal status. That sounds a lot like amnesty to me.
info for FedUpWithThis.....
Illegal aliens in the Country: 22,813,308
Money wired to Mexico since Jan 2006: $31,113,439,283
Money wired to Latin America since 2001: $270,744,596,579
Cost of social services since 1996: $397,458,955,298
Children of illegal aliens in public schools: 5,061,906
Cost of illegal aliens in K-12 since 1996: $166,577,528,363
Illegal aliens incarcerated: 422,849
Cost of Incarcerations since 2008: $25,203,557,400
Illegal Alien Fugitives: 743,082
Anchor babies: 4,967,196
Skilled jobs provided to illegal aliens: 11,627,802
Doesn't seem to be a problem, does it? All this information can be found on the internet. Makes you wonder......
EBNV, sorry but very few government workers relative to the private sector, lost their jobs. If anything, increasing taxes on the private sector to sustain government jobs destroyed more jobs than it saved.
You can not reward failure with reelection,you must send a message.No more Reid ,he has screwed us enough.You have to give some one else a chance.Remember Reid and Obama wants amnesty for the illegals.
Turning Las Vegas into a city was a big mistake. You can blame the city planners. We're just another S.CA city anymore.So put all public employ's on Minumiun wage.
bottom line...
when psycho sharron applied her little pea brain to the unemployment problem...
the best she came up with...
the very best she could muster...
is to insult them...
call them "spoiled"...
then flash that old bag yellow toothed psycho smile...
good lord...
what an evil evil woman psycho sharron is...
and...
and...
when you add in the fact she would have left city center to fail...
ladies and gentlemen...
boys and girls...
you know what that means...
psycho sharron endorses us going thru a second depression...
can you imagine...
what an evil evil person psycho sharron is...
evil...
a wolf wrapped in grandma's clothing...
where is that COWARD brian sandoval???
Job creation stats from the fed for the last 16 years. From Randall Hoven; Source: St. Louis Fed/FRED. Hoven's Index for June 30, 2010
Changes in number of jobs: In last six months
(Nov. 2009 to May 2010): 873,000
In Bush's eight years (Jan. 2001 to Jan. 2009): +1,080,000
In Obama's 17 months: -2,979,000
When Republicans controlled House and Senate,
Jan. 1995 to Jan. 2001: +16,107,000
When Congress/Senate were split,
Jan. 2001 to Jan. 2003: -2,203,000
When Republicans controlled House and Senate,
Jan. 2003 to Jan. 2007: +6,801,000
When Democrats controlled House and Senate,
Jan. 2007 to present (May): -6,497,000 Since December 2007
(peak): -7,381,000
Source: St. Louis Fed/FRED. (Also see Senate website for party control.) Graph of the Day Archive.
WAKE UP NEVADANS!! YOU STILL WANT TO RE-ELECT REID AND THIS IS WHAT WE GET AFTER RIED BECAME THE SENATE PRESIDENT. REID DOES NOT CARE FOR US ORDINARY PEOPLE. THIS WILL GET WORST WHEN REID LEGALIZE AND GRANT CITIZENSHIPS TO ALL ILLEGALS!!! THE CAP & TRADE WILL ALSO ADD TO MORE UNEMPLOYMENT.
Reid is part of the problem. Not the solution. Even his own son is running away from the family name. Rory doesn't have a chance against Sandoval anyway. That race is over. Gibbons was a mess. I'm glad to show him the door.
It's amazing that we have such a high rate but we still find the money to add decorative BS on US95, we have our heads so far up our butts, we really need new leaders, we need people that will think and not just throw money (Our Money) around. Reed, Obama, Goodman, you are all a bunch of dumbs in my view.
On February 13, 2010, President Obama celebrated the signing of a Pay-As-You-Go budget rule into law.
President Obama stated: "It's pretty simple. It says to Congress, you have to pay as you go. You can't spend a dollar unless you cut a dollar elsewhere. This is how a responsible family or business manages a budget. And it is how a responsible government manages a budget, as well". Last night, I signed the "pay-as-you-go" rule into law. Now, Congress will have to pay for what it spends, just like everybody else."
BUT
Whenever the Democrats bring up more spending they want, they include a provision to exempt it from this PayGo rule. When the Republicans insist on enforcing the PayGo rules, President Obama and Congressional Democrats lambaste them for opposing essential spending "relief,".
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
We'll recover but we are going to be one of the last states due to the fact that our state is consumer driven and consumers are less confident with spending...right now. I think that will change within the next year or two. Once people get back on their feet, we'll be spending like crazy again, people will be working, hopefully saving more and this will be a ink spot in the history of the world.
Note to all: they are all horrible!
I was told at onetime that the mob ran LasVagas,and they knew how to take care of there custermer,s not like now where they treat you like a nummber on a plastic card,they knew you,r name and how you arived in LasVagas and if you spent all you,r money, they would put you up for the night in there hotel, and and pay for you,r meal and a one way ticket out of LasVagas by train,but now that things have changed for the worst for LasVagas,not every body,s a sucker leaving million,s of dollar,s behind, in LasVagas, I think when the mob where forced out. who ever took over, for got to ask the mob how to survive during the hard times like now.it is what it is for LasVagas.
Harrah's and John Paulson have a solution. It's called Project Link: a hybrid between Atlantic City and Fremont Street Experience/Neonoplis. It will allow Mr. Paulson to sell Las Vegas short and move MGM and Harrah's to move to Macau.
Brilliant!
Birdie,
What flavor is that Kool-Aid? You must be a government employee or some liberal's appointee.
Harry Reid is the problem here.
Obama spending us into oblivion isn't helping either.
"I don't love Angle, but between Reid and a ham sandwich -- the ham sandwich wins." -- nvlawyer
I'm sure Sharron Angle is grateful for your support. Got any mustard?
Why in the name of all that is melting outside do we have an unemployment percentage so HIGH!?!? Weren't we just hearing about over $4 billion worth of transportation infrastructure shortfalls we were having in the last 18 months? Weren't we getting the chicken little response from the state legislature? Didn't Hussein offer $180 billion in stimulus money for Transportation Infrastructure improvements for just such projects? So I ask these questions because your readers want to know. What plans are in the pipe on employing the thousands and thousands of unemployed construction workers here in Nevada? How much of that $4,000,000,000+ shortfall have we gotten covered by the stimulus money that was made available 18 months ago? Which projects have been finished and which ones are starting so that we were able to get our share of that $180,000,000,000 employment stimulus money.
My guess is that exactly $0.00. We still have a shortfall that will be dropped on us in about 18 months. The sky will be falling and the need to raise MORE taxes will be the mantra coming from ALL government agencies. I have lived here in Las Vegas for more then 33 years and its government has NEVER failed to entertain me in its lack of foresight or its ability to move quickly enough. This isn't about spending money you don't have its about spending money that has been made AVAILABLE for at least 18 months now to employ workers out of work AND get critically needed infrastructure work done so the citizens don't have to listen to the incessant whining about NEVER having enough money to spend from our bloated government employees. Lets take a look at that situation Las Vegas Sun.
Please don't bother Obama with trivial items like the unemployment rate when he's on vacation.
EBNV:
You claim 50% of the job losses were due to Jim Gibbons budget cuts. Let's explore this number.
50% of the number of unemployed given by the Sun is 96,650 employees. Figure a salary plus benefits package of $50,000 (which is probably understated for a state employee). This would equate to $4.8 BILLION dollars on personnel costs alone.
The State's 2 year budget 2009-2011 is about $8 BILLION.
Your math is either a purely fictional method of accounting or you are severely in need of remedial math classes.
@Fonso-
What a wonderful, rosy picture you paint of a mob-run Las Vegas... But you left out the part where they killed people they didn't like and cost the State and People of Nevada untold BILLION$ in unpaid gaming taxes while they skimmed. Did you forget that part?
There was once a guy in Germany who loved animals and art, was a strict vegetarian, built an unsurpassed freeway system, turned a devastated economy around, and wanted to make sure the citizens of Germany had plenty of wide open, clean living space. Oh, for the good old days...
PS you're a simpleton if you think this is a FEDERAL government problem. Its our lack of a full-time legislature and our State and Local governments lack of initiative. The State government needs to get the money and put it to work. The State government is the one that will be sticking the price to you, wanting to monitor and tax you for distances traveled, building then selling tollways all over the valley. This is a Horrible sham being perpetrated on the citizens of Nevada and blaming Federal officials is weaksauce and your kung-fu is weak. Wake up sheeple and DO SOMETHING productive, not the first thing someone suggests you do. "Don't Vote for Harry Reid!" Really? You think that's the answer? Lets see what has happened under Harry. Over $10,000,000,000 spent in this state on a hole in the desert and still we aren't getting stuck with everyone elses radioactive waste. Thats $10 billion spent employing real workers with real dollars paying real bills and real taxes for the last 25 years sheeple. Getting someone to the position in government that Harry Reid holds has happened at least a million times in the history of Nevada right? Its gotta be the easiest thing in the world right? Wow. Great idea lets get rid of our most powerful worker in FEDERAL governement for the lacking of our State officials. Now that's thinking. Fail.
"Now I believe, myself, that the secretary of state, the secretary of defense and you have to make your own decision as to what the president knows: that this war is lost, that the surge is not accomplishing anything," Reid, D-Nev
"can only be won diplomatically, politically and economically" after more than four years of fighting.
America's MOST valuable treasure is her blood. The blood of men and women who have given their lives. Harry Reid was wrong about Iraq. The single MOST important thing the government is charged with is protecting Americans from enemies foreign and domestic. Harry Reid failed this single test! He would of had the blood of brave Americans dry up in the sands of Iraq. Never mind whether or not we should of been there in the first place. Harry was trying to score political points using our nations treasure as some sort a gaming chip. Harry lost!
Are the sports books going to allow wagering on the state unemployment rate? How about over/under 15% next month??
Angle! Angle! Angle! Angle!
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
--H.L. Mencken
hey Birdie,
Heidi Harris also called Harry Reid "No Suave", and "No Charisma" and then there is his son, "No Charisma", even less charisma than his dear old dad. While you are dreaming, dream up some ideas to make things better, not ways to be critical anyone right of center. Productive for a change, sir, not critical. Try it, you might actually make a difference for a change.
"The housing bubble was created by Congress," Cool, we have a comic posting in the Sun!
Lets see, congress went out and sold millions of houses at Hundreds of Thousands of dollars more then they paid for them. Then congress bought houses for Hundreds of Thousands more then they sold their house for. They signed loans that where due in three to five years knowing they could sell the houses for even more at the time to make a buck. They bought houses that where way more then they could afford.
Damn, your right, get rid of congress, they really messed up the housing market. No Homeowner is at fault, congress did it all at a huge cost to the taxpayers!
I don't care who you are, now that is funny!
in the words of Ann Coulter,
"There are always a few bad Republicans. However, there are no good Democrats"
EVER!!!
ANGLE says "It is NOT MY JOB to create jobs! Remember that Rightwingnut RepubliCONs!
Actually, a Republican Congress and Democrat President Clinton created this one with the repeal of Glass-Steagall.
And now we have a 2000+ page "refrom" bill when the first step should be been a one page bill re-instating Glass-Steagall.
This is the result of 8 years of Bushonomics!
LMAO!!!
Gotta love Vegas and its constituents. Nothing but a blame game!!
tax cuts for the rich...
tax cuts for big oil...
tax cuts for the whores on wall street...
yippie...
wait a second...
didn't the maggot republicans already do those tax cuts...
didn't they say it would keep the economy humming...
wait a second...
and now they want to do the same thing to end the great recession...
do they really think it will work this time...
wait a second...
want to know what i think boys and girls...
i think the maggot republicans are full of crap...
they care only about the top 2%...
so...
if you want to know the maggot republican position on any issue...
any issue...
just ask yourself this...
will it benefit the top 2%...
tax cut for big oil???
let's see...
does the top 2% own a lot of oil stocks...
you bet...
ding ding ding...
ergo...
the official maggot republican position is...
tax cuts for big oil...
you get the idea...
same analysis applies to the whores on wall street...
what a load of crap!!!
You have to love all these republicans complaining about Reid & Obama not doing enough to get jobs going.
I thought all republicans were in the "government never created a job" mindset, and that government should stay out of their lives?!?!?!
Now they are all caterwalling and howling about the government not doing enough.
Come on conservatives, take a stance and stick with it will ya........and a vote for Angle won't help your joblessness either, because she openly said she will not create jobs and you lazy bums need to go find work.
As I once heard. Tax the poor more, they're the ones that use government funded aid. Let them pay for themselves. Why should we (Republicans) pay for this with our hard earned money. Freeloader=Democrat.
@ bertsos: The only ones that are lazy are people like you living off of the government. All you people do is complain to one another about the problems we have and no one has a solution.Well get a clue there is no one solution. And all of those that think that taxing big business and oil is the answer you're wrong. Imagine you own a business employing 50,000 workers and the government says its going to tax you more. Well lets see I won't spend money on new equipment, I'll lay off more people cause I want to make my miilions and if they keep hounding me I'll close down, sell my assets and fire everyone while on my way on vacation because I have millions and don't need the hassle.
As crummy as this sounds this is reality. CUT taxes, and give in to big business its our only hope....You can take that to the bank.
What report does everyone read? LV Sun says 14.5% / RJ says 14.2%...do ya think we all could at least agree on 1 government report???
Thanks Ensign, can you get me a job? NVenergy? I have a good looking wife????
@chuck321:
This is how clueless you are......you say the guy will close his biz and sell off the assets......well if he sells it, that means someone is buying and expanding his biz on the other end by buying out this guys assets at probably cents on the dollar.
I own my own biz, and I do get a tax cut, my income and clientel is down, so another "tax cut" is worthless to me.
Go ask Harrah's if they will build a new tower if they get a tax cut !??!?! Why would they build when there's no customers, Harrah's needs customers, not tax cuts.
And, in case tou've been in a coma, there are currently tax incentives for companies to do hiring and add jobs.......just a little fact you overlooked.
I assume you are a Fox News viewer, since they rarely use real facts in their commentary.
Okay edgewise...I know this is Rory, why hide behind a screen name. How's that nepotism working out for ya?
@bertsos: Your key word in your response is assume and you know where that gets you. How many people do you employ? Everyones income and clientel is down. The person that buys these assets will probably be foriegn you know that and thats not an assumption. Tax incentives for companies that are hiring? This is funny. Put up the stats and I'll tear them apart. 14.5% un-employment is the stat and thats being nice try more like 25-30%. By the way Fox news uses only real facts friend. And although I read and watch all news I do find them far and away superior to NBC,CBS,ABC.CNN. Also the guy doesn't sell the business because its worhtless just the assets. If you owned a business you'd understand the point!
"These pretzels are making me thirsty".
Obama, Reid, and Pelosi would rather spend money on unemployment than create jobs. These people are destroying America.
I have a solution that can make everyone happy.
The government can hire 150,000 of the unemployed to start checking employee records of every company in the US for illegal workers.
This will make the Democrats happy by expanding the government, Republicans by getting the law enforced, and the unemployed by (eventually) having the chance to find a job.
It can spend stimulus money to train the new inspectors as well. Not to mention require the building of large amounts of new office space, thereby helping the construction industry and putting people to work there, too.
This could be the PERFECT solution. :)
@chuck321:
When you say Fox only uses real facts, your credibility was flushed away.
What biz in Vegas is selling off it's assets?
The unemployment in the LV area is mainly construction workers (or construction industry related), and service workers with no skills and little to no education.
The casinos have been replacing menial casino jobs for years with automation, so there's a good chance some of those jobs will never return.
So unless the casino's are selling off their assets to China, I don't see much in the way of Nevada buisness selling anything off, since Nevada has hardley any manufacturing base or technical base.
A dealer, maid, bellhop, and 90% of casino jobs can be performed by just about anyone, so it's no wonder those jobs are gonged at a high rate, when it comes time to hire them back, you can just about pick anyone off the street to fill those types of jobs.
@boftx: Thats priceless...Are you running for office...You'll get my vote
Without mentioning names, Congress sets long term fiscal policy for the nation, and the Federal reserve tries to manage short term inflation and liquidity. The problem since 2006 is the public sector grew while the private sector did not; at a staggering rate. Had the public sector not leeched off the private sector as much as it has since 2006 then the innovative engine of free enterprise would probably be in a lot better shape. Keep in mind the cracks didn't start appearing until the end of 2007. The white house racked up a ton of debt in the wars of 2002-now and 2004-2008, but congress funds all things federal government. The House Leader and the Senate leader have been there since before this started and are still there today looking for ways to create entitlements and raise taxes on those fortunate enough to make a decent living; and unapolagetically giving it to those who don't, some deservingly and some who expect it to sustain their way of life permenantly. The option in November for Senate wants to reduce the public sector and give back to the private sector. Don't buy the marginalization tactics, they are words taken out of context and spun by the leader of the Senate who's been spending $2M a month to mislead you.
I think all those "green jobs" that old Harry and BO are bringing to NV will save the day. I am sure the UE rate in LV will be dropping very soon...
I think I will call Harry Reid's office and thank him -- just like that commercial tells me to do.
There are a lot of scary people out there. As someone who has lived in Las Vegas for more than 50 years, I think those folks who many years ago warned us about encouraging all these people to move here were right... we were planting the seeds of our own misery. Many years Nevada could have a Paul Laxalt Republican or a Dick Bryan (or Harry Reid) Democrat, disagree with each other in a civil and intellgent manner with "real" facts rather than the nasty, worse than childlike, comments posted here which are all too oftendevoid of facts or logical arguments. Maybe some of you who don't like it here ought to consider going back where you can from...if they will take you.
Wonder how many of these on the statistics are from City Center being completed? Echelon being stopped, and Fountain Blue canceled?
Just saying...
I don't like either of them. Just like ALL POLITICIANS, they are only looking out for themselves. Las Vegas will become extinct soon. Many people are having to move back to where they came from to lean on family. Except for the FAT CATS on the strip that is...you know the guys making the big bucks. It's very scary.
Dumb politicians in Nevada think the casino business is the only game in town. They have to attract real industry and business to give the state a stable job and tax base.
Joelipp - how do you purpose that? Nevada has no state tax, and has some of the cheapest non-stop flights across america. Those two things should attract MANY companies.
The problem is there is no experienced professionals in town. Companies are continually having to pay and ship people from other states. I'd say at least 75% of the people in business I speak with come here because they got transferred here or hired from another state and relocated.
@sevenhills
I agree. The workforce education level is taken into account when a corporation moves. We all know how Nevada scores in education.
VegasGirl66
is right on with "Las Vegas will become extinct soon."
It's too bad she had to go this way.
Greed, lust, lousy odds but cheap rooms, grub and great shows. It kept 'em coming for awhile. It's over. Sell your stock in NVEnergy and go somewhere sane.
Not only is it record unemployment, but it's likely to return both Nevada and Las Vegas to the top spots as the most jobless state and city in the country in June, respectively. For original reporting into this aspect of the latest numbers, visit://job-search-torture.blogspot.com/2010/07/nevada-breaks-unemployment-record-for.html.
Yes, good ol Harry Reids polices are really helping Vegas and Nevada.
Who would vote for this train wreck?
What happened to that unemployment rate no higher than 8% which Obama also promised the TARP helping the poor middle class workers? You know, no more trickle down theory economics. He wants trickle up theory. And his green shoots, hopey changey thing. And I'm a democrat!
You have one chance for your future in the next presidential election and that is Ron Paul.
Greatest expansion in the history of the USA" years
good catch for a young lass with but one shoe, a glass one at that!
Trippin to the light fantastic and bleedin under mah shirt!
Ostentatious and flamboyant, the constant companions of the Vegas crowd are now crowded out by illegals with photo-shopped harlots and promises of some hot action, special for you.
Cock roaches are the harbingers of billions of bugs to come. To eat the Vegas we remember into dust.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/nov199...
The money was let loose by Bill Clinton and a Republican Congress. It is not the banks stole peoples' money, it is the other way around. Many people stole the banks money. They should have been told to rent for a few more years, clear up their credit and save some cash but the CRA was pushing banks to lend money so everyone could have the American dream. Because of the false demand from non qualified buyers home prices went up sparking speculation. The people who put up money to loan homeowners to buy houses got burned. Yeh, the rich people, the investors, the pension funds. So don't get mad at them. They are billions less richer and probably not wanting to step out for new investment in this climate of super spending by the government. They will just roll over the CD's and bonds they have left until real leadership comes to Washington DC. I would not be looking for them to create many new jobs under this scenario either.
tp777, we think alike
I think by now it's clear that our state's politicians and local leaders have no clue how to handle this situation. They apparently have zero new ideas for job creation other than the mythical "green jobs".
Regardless of this bleak outlook, I would still like to know how many jobs were created in Clark County as part of the stimulus package. Is anyone being held accountable for faling to deliver with millions of government dollars? Only in the public sector is this not questioned.
The Dems have to go. Regime change starts in November.
I know the statistics very well info4you2see but thanks for posting for the others to see.
I do not plan on voting for any of these officials. To do so would be the nail in the coffin. If the people did not vote these scuz into office, they would get the message. Already the illegal votes counts, not ours.
Glad to see "sgtrock" get on board the HarryTrain... FINALLY.
If you can't beat em... extract some promises from them and vote for em' come Electon Day.
Harry Reid's platform:
Recovery for America.
Sharron "Crazy Angle's" platform:
SCREW THE LITTLE GUY...
NO on Social Security
NO on Medicare
NO on Unemployment for "LAZY" Americans.
NO on Health Care Reform.
NO NO NO!!!
NO!!!
God's will be done, Amen!!!
CRAZY.
You'd have to be CRAZY to think the Country's Republican-induced economic COLLAPSE could be band-aided up with a little Mycitracin and healed without a scar by the midterm elections...
"Give it back! Let us try! You had your chance! c'mon! ONLY WE know what to put on that boo-boo!!!"
Good God, you silly CHILDREN-
It's a SERIES OF GAPING WOUNDS, not some little scrape yer mommy can kiss and make better...WAKE UP!!!
Years, Decades, not weeks & months...
WAKE UP!!! Be part of the SOLUTION.
"NO. Won't. Can't make me. Your not the boss of me."
Children.
Angle, Palin & Glenn Beck......these 3 seem to be driving with their headlights off.
Plea to employers in Nevada:
Just hire one more employee!
Obama, Reid and Pelosi .... driving while intoxicated (by power).
Obama, Reid & Pelosi lied the united States into a $800+ billion war???
Nope that was the 3 stooges of Bush, "the liar" Cheney & Rumsfeld.......now that's over the top power........not to mention the torture and domestic wire tapping the 3 stooges instigated.
Stepping up to the plate:
Warren Buffet stepped up to the plate and recently donated $1,930,000,000 to five charitable foundations.
German millionaires have stepped up to the plate and asked their government to increase taxes on them.
Will the millionaires and billionaires of America step up to the plate?
Bill Gates is happy to step up, after all, he's the one who is pushing for even more H1B visas so he can hire cheaper programmers from India and China than he can get here.
It is insane to think that he can't find qualified US programmers.
"Vegas will become extinct soon."
Ridiculous. We may shrink, but we will never "become extinct."
The reports of Vegas' demise have been repeatedly and grossly exaggerated for 100 years.
You are right though: Many people who moved here to chase a buck in the past 10 years now have to move home. Bye-bye! Time to move out. Leave the city to those who get it. Look around you. Does this look like somewhere for people who "need help" to get by? It's hardscrabble and hot. If you can't stand the heat get out of my kitchen!
While China lifts over 400 million citizens out of poverty over the past decade much to the praised savings of Walmart shoppers.
Are you aware local recyclers' are apparently demanding ID's to exchange a bag of aluminum cans for cash -- your fingerprints if you have a truck load?
Hence, we've halted all our recycling efforts - let the next generation sort it all out.
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"The department said the drop in the national jobless rate is a good sign since Nevada's economic picture is tied to the health of the country. An economic rebound is a prerequisite for improvement in Nevada, officials said."
The Reid & Pelosi Stimulus package has been a complete failure for Nevada since the majority of the money is being spent propping up failing states (California for example) and their overpaid jobs / bloated pensions.
California is going Bankrupt and the only reason it has not is because of the stimulus funds. When that money runs out... coming soon... Nevada is going to get hit even harder. Meanwhile, the U.S. Taxpayer is stuck with the bill.
Financial Reform Regulation Benefits the Big Banks -- none are based in Nevada. Your banking fees are going up soon as the cost is passed on to you.
Big Government = doom for Nevada. Government Agencies and their employees don't spend much money in Nevada. Small Business owners do and small business owners are going extinct under this Leadership.
Reid, Pelosi and Obama are spending four times as much borrowed money then Bush ever did... and all we have to show for it is higher unemployment and bigger government that relies on Tax Dollars to keep it going.
Voting for Reid = Eventual DOOM for Nevada.
Birdie complains about Sharon...
Birdie fears the loss of his check...
Birdie has no solution for the increase of revenue needed to cover the benefits...
Birdie wants to tax big business...
Birdie doesn't realize there is no big business left in Nevada to tax...
Birdie is seeing his check get gobbled up by those who are willing to work for less...
Birdie begins to feel his feathers shake...
Birdie needs another cracker...
Birdie go bye bye.
how's that "hopey / changey" stuff workin' out for you?
and i just have to laugh when stupid, stupid liberals STILL won't admit their messiah, obama, sucks.
Bush left office in Jan 2009, Reid became leader of the Senate in January 2007. Congress has all the $$$, writes laws and funds them. But if you are a liberal on here:
It's 115 today it's Bush Fault
The sun set today it's Bush's fault
I had to wait in traffic today, it's Bush's fault
And on and on and on
The truth is Reid has much more to do with the current situation than anyone sans Pelosi. They had unchecked power for 12 months and their only accomplishments are to pass entitlements and run us into the ground. Those who give Reid a pass are either on the take or dilusional. Businesses grow when government quits choking them, and Angle will help get this country back on track.
Stop complaining about Harry Reid. If he had not "saved" City Center and brought Nevada all those the "green" energy jobs the LV UE rate would be at least 25%.
Call Harry Reid and tell him how much you appreciate what he's doing for Nevada.
Harry's LV office: 702-388-5020
The really big spenders of the taxpayer's and borrowed money is:
Reagan increased the National Deby 186%
Bush Sr. increased the National Debt by 62%
bush jr. increased the National Debt almost 100%
The USA has lost 20% of it's total national wealth thanks to the criminal marriage of the cheney/bush miserable failure mis-administration and the Wall St. Banksters that wanted no speed limits on their greed and corruption.
That amount lost was over $11,000,000,000,000 and it will take 40 years to recover that amount.
Now, wingnut geniuses please figure out how much, on average, that loss will cost every man, woman, and child in America. There are appx. 309,000,000 people in the USA.
Clue, punch in 11 on your calculator then EXP, and then 12. Then divide by 309 EXP 6.
Tell the entire world.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2...
Just wondering how many of these projects got done with the Federal Stimulus money that was made available to employ Nevada's workers? Good job Nevada's government. Let them eat cake comes to mind when I think of your attitudes. What happened to the broad who uttered that refrain?? Oh that's right.....good luck.
Didn't Obama just take credit for CREATING 22,000 jobs at City Center?
Of course, he failed to mention that City Center was planned and mostly built under that "previous administration" he likes to point to when the numbers don't look good.
Nor did he say how many were laid off at competing resorts or transferred to CC from other MGM resorts.
He can't have it both ways.
One thing for sure: Like California, Nevada has 2 Senators that are part of the problem. Yes, I'm blaming one from each party. I expect it from Reid. Ensign should be ashamed. I expect better.
Vidi, It took Bush 8 years to spend what Obama has spent in his first year, you seem to be selective in your statistics. Every month we hear the same, The national debt is being increased to yet another all time high. Meanwhile, unemployment is getting worse every day, and they are not counting those who arent even looking anymore. I know 2 people in their 50's that moved back in with their parents for lack of a job after 30 years of steady employment (and zero saving for a rainy day). I'd never do that, but no job is "beneath" me when I need the work.
Nevada's State Unemployment Rate, 14.2%? Does anyone honestly believe that the U.S. Unemployment Rate has actually dropped down to 9.5%? Give me a break!
The trends will continue - US UE down, NV UE up. It'll be hard to get the numbers officially to register at 20% because of all the giving-uppers and walked-awayers.
But according to my erstwhile data collection/integration matrix, the silver state's tarnishing fast, turning hot and stale at 20% UE for the mid-term, until 2016 when our casinos take their place in that great caravan in the sky alongside some leisure suits, gold cadillacs and pony express riders.
Hang in there unemployed people. We will send this pile of garbage Reid packing in November..
Maslow is a cave man.
You want a clue to motivation?
Gobble Drive, by Daniel Pink. Subtitled 'The surprising truth about what motivates us, Drive is refreshingly frank and difficult to refute. His researchers are currently advising major corporations and discovering how intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation empowers, and how old time carrots and sticks break down, so to speak.
DRIVE is one of the best linkers to Motivation 101 a person can get in a couple of hours. Fun to read too.
The NV economy is tied to the economy of the rest of the country. If the economy is robust the NV casino's do very well.
Texas ran into the same problem in the 80'4 because they relied primarily on oil. When the bottom fell out on the price of oil, Texans felt the results.
The powers that were realized that the Texas economy needed to be diversified and they did so.
NV will always bear the brunt of an economic downturn because all our economic eggs are in just one primary basket-casinos and gambling.
Also, In response to a brain washed blogger:
Reagan increased the National Debt 186%.
Bush Sr. increased the National Debt 62%.
bush jr. increased the National Debt almost 100%.
The really, really big spenders of taxpayer and borrowed dollars are the fiscally irresponsible "Things" that wear the Republican label. Just go to:www.lafn.org/gvdc/Natl_Debt_Chart.html.
No amount of misinformation or lies will change the facts that the Aaha narrow minded ideology of those "Things" have brought America to it's economic knees.
Obama is not on vacation...he's out to lunch. He really believes that community organizing is a real job.
There are so many ways you can bring jobs to Vegas, the problem is the leaders of this city/state are too gun shy to pull the trigger on any of them because they are worried about their political future.
Example 1: Extend monorail. It's been approved for expansion to UNLV and the airport. Help the monorail commission get started. This will produce thousands of jobs over 2-3 years I'm sure.
Example 2: Build a stadium. Yes it will require some tax money, but will employee probably 5000-10000 people over 5 years.
Example 3: Move on the high speed train to Los Angeles. Again, thousands of jobs over many years.
Example 4: Jump on the opportunity to make the 15/93 highways a major freeway from Arizona to Canada (as purposed). Creates thousands of jobs.
All of these things will bring more people to visit Nevada, and created tens of thousands of jobs.
NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE - Invest now, and yes it will cost money, and yes it will put us more in debt, however in 5-10 years it will be a better place!
We can't just sit on our asses. This city will never grow if we solely depend on the casino's.
If you think credit markets are tight and unsecured credit interest rates are high now just wait until the unemployed currently using their credit cards to "gap" their unfortunate financial situations are through with the country's lending institutions.
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Why do people not realize this city is based on the service industry and people don't have the money to inject into the Vegas economy? There is no viable industry outside of gaming in this city and none is coming any time soon. This isn't the fault of any political party. Vegas was built on the gaming industry, has lived and died by it. No politician is going to resurrect a dying economy that has no projected change in the overall industry of the city. Let's face it, when economy is bad, Vegas sucks. It's no one's fault - it's just reality.
First we need to get Reid (etal) out of office. He has proved he can't or won't fix these problems....
Then we can at least get a fresh start....