If You Are Unemployed In These States, Move!
According to Bloomberg's rankings (based on wealth disparity, average unemployment benefits, and overall unemployment pool), and somewhat confirming the food-divide discussion we had last night, the following states are the worst to live in if you are unemployed. Connecticut tops the list with its massive wealth disparity - more than one $200,000 household for every household earning less than $10,000. New York, California, and D.C. are close behind with Oregon and Alabama in 19th and 20th 'worst' place to be unemployed. Welcome to the bifurcated un-recovery.
Methodology
Bloomberg Rankings used three criteria to identify the worst states to be unemployed: income replacement, or average unemployment benefits (as of the 2Q 2012) as a percentage of median state income per capita; unemployment pool, or how states stack up on unemployment, using October 2012 rates; and wealth disparity, the ratio of households with incomes of at least $200,000 to those with incomes of less than $10,000, according to the most recently available data from 2009. Each state was ranked on the three criteria and the ranks were averaged.
Source: Bloomberg Briefs
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With few exceptions, you could change the title to "If you are unemployed in a state that voted for Obama, move".
Though I'm pretty sure the people who live in the other states would just assume you stay put.
Alaska?!?!? Then whats the best state to be unemployed...?
Montana
Arkansas is apparently a good place to go according to all the unemployed folks moving in... the cost of living is definitely low...
It seems that the order rank of the table is suggesting that if you are poor, you should move to a State where everyone else is poor, too.
That doesn't seem like a good idea. If you are poor, wouldn't you be better off having more wealthy people around you, so there is more food and less competition at the food bank, and more manual labor jobs available to be done on a self-employed level working for cash for the wealthy people?
It seems like those states with the most "job creators" should be the best for the unemployed. What gives?
It seems like those states with the most "job creators" should be the best for the unemployed. What gives?
I agree with Matt. I'm from Connecticut, and my family is there. If I had to be a poor person, I would rather be there, where there are lots of resources for poor people, and where what counts as "poor" would count as rich elsewhere. My parents tell me of the awful poverty that they see around them in CT - and then they describe it - and I laugh. They haven't a *clue* what the rest of the country is like. Well, actually they do - but they still think that everyone around them in CT should be in comfortable circumstances. Which is good. And yes, they give a LOT to their local food bank, and help in many other ways.
They earn far less than $200k per year (esp. now that they're retired, but they earned less than that even when working), but more than the median for the state.
There are lots of jobs in CT, even now. However, they pay about $9 per hour, which admittedly isn't a living wage there. And I wouldn't want that to be my only option, for certain. However the jobs do exist - because, I imagine, there are so many really rich people around to pay those wages.
I'm surprised Mississippi is on the list. I was there last Fall and things (food, etc) were dirt cheap.
Were the iPads cheaper?
+1
If you voted for dear mullah muslim and are unemployed - stay the ***k where you are. We don't want you here. ****ing locusts and parasites.
Keep watching Operation Mockingbird (aka TV and Hollywood) like the good little sheep that you are.
Case in point - New Hampshire.
NH used to be a reliable fiscal libertarian/conservative state and because of the mass-influx of libtards who moved there since the early 90's allegedly because they "like the lifestyle" it is now electorally indistinguishable from MA and VT.
Statists are like kudzu.
We need more goats.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/us/05goats.html?_r=0
This does not take Mass Health into consideration. Free healthcare and prescription drugs for the uninsured. Its why many unemployed stay.
Right, because Romney would have been so much better?
I would say if you voted for Romney or Obama instead
Wow, so pointing out an electoral fact (that 75% of these voted for King Putt and 25% voted for The Mormon) hit a little too close to home, eh Rich?
Relax, amigo. We were (and are) doomed regardless of who won last year's beauty pagent.
King Putt +1 lol
Look dumbass you had no choice. They pushed Ron Paul to the side. Sheldon casino magnate whatever his name is was backing Romney and CFR Gingrich to make sure Santorum lost. Romney used vote fraud to beat Santorum in the Midwest. He did it in the big cities in MI, WI, OH and one or two others. Santorum had Romney beaten.
Obama then used the same and much greater vote fraud to beat Romney. Romney did not say dick because he used the same theft on Santorum. Rove/Bush was in there doing plenty of dirty work too.
As much as I do not like Romney - the newsmedia would not be kissing Romney's arse like they have for Mullah for the past 5+ years. So based on what the NWO/ Operation Mockingbird media has done - out of our no choice - Romney was the better choice.
Now go F off.
There is always a choice fucktard.
Voting for the lesser of two evils is still evil.
I will continue to vote Libertarian until the clowns in the GOP put up a real candidate.
Plus infinity Freddie. Well done sir.
Hello, how do the working poor fit into this proposal? What utter garbarge. I know lots of employed folks in Cali, living in the fucking ghetto.
Wages do matter (that will get me on a list).
Yeah, not even to get into the fact that it's tough to move when ya got no money and noplace to go.
Kudos to anyone living on minimum wage in California without taking gub benefits and shit. HOW!?
If you spend 20 bucks a week on gas (which means you strictly go to work and back, given your work is less than 10 miles away and traffic is not horrendous), that's already a grand.
Food? Where we're going, we don't need no... food.
Why should they move if they get Section 8, food stamps, welfare, disability, cell phones, etc. Oh, the ones that WANT to work?
http://confoundedinterest.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/poverty-in-the-usa-an...
move to the jersey shore. sandy makes obamanomics look brillant. every asshole in the northeast with a hemi is here...what fun and better obamabenefits....paradise for the rich democrats that can afford it
One of my hands took a week off. Loaded his truck with almost two tons of fuel and came back with almost 10K in cash.
capitalism, bitches.
not to mention the effect this has on "new housing start".
It's easy to boost 'housing starts' when zero down loans are widespread.
My question is how many of these defualt within 5 years? Stats so far show these are the highest defaulters. When the person has no skin in the game (nothing to lose) walking away or not paying your mortgage is pretty easy for people.
That price gouging criminal! Doesn't he know that making a profit providng people with a good or service at an agreed upon price, rather than the government mandated price, is a crime?
I call that free enterprise! Wake up and get a clue.
I think you missed his /sarc
The Jersey shore is going to be relocated westward. Christie is going to build a sand dune from Sandy Hook to Cape May. How far west of the high tide mark? TBD. I don't think that you'll be able to get flood insurance if you're within 1000 feet of the beach...we'll see.
The War on Water should prove to be as effective as the Maginot Line.
I'd be moving my gold out of this floodplain too.
jersey shore? You could always hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach. It's not far to reach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6siGKxcKol0
Republican Governors: 6
Democrat Governors: 14
Voted for King Putt: 15
Voted for The Mormon: 5
I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
Voted in favor of the status quo and corporatism/fascism: 20
Actual Score: Republican 5
Democratic 15
Subtract New Jersey, since he is really a Democratic governor!
Move to where exactly?
<Just askin' cus.....>
Into the woodchipper, slaves!
This migration of actual workers is exactly why parasitism must go national.
ParasiteNation must be able to redistribute wealth from the healthy states to the parasitic states. It's descrimination in favor of parasites. Which of course is also the recipe for the destruction of a society but that's not relevant right now. Go POTUS.
So the uber-parasites (Wall Street) skim their trillions. The under-parasitic get free skooters and food stamps. And everyone in the middle is waking up and starting to hide their wealth from both. (what? did we run out of silver and bullets!)
"Move to where exactly?"
Better not be Texas. We shoot zombies on sight.
Um, shouldn't that be bail out of those states if you are employed?
After all, who is the target revenue source to support those failing welfare systems and state/local pensions?
My thought, if you are rich, move!
Welcome to the shining city on the hill.
Shining from the Iodine and Cesium from Fukashima. Especially on teh West Coast of the USA. Hopefully in Nancy Pelosi's nor cal vineyards.
We will sell no wine... before it's irradiated...
Yo Francis. Got (1000x more irradiated than before Fuku) milk?
Luckily ~ I get my milk from the dairy cows right next door, 3,000 miles east of CA... [Though I'm sure some of that has worked it's way here by now ~ I'm REALLY afraid to check, & besides, there's nothing I can do about it anyway cept maybe cut down on eating bananas]...