This'll Help!

At least they'll have jobless benefits through Christmas, but after that....oy.

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There is NO HOPE

Well, one small hope--hopefully things don't get as bad here as they are in California.

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Who's Screwed? We're Screwed.

The economic situation isn't getting any better. The next forecast for the state comes out in November, IIRC, which will lead into the December legislative assembly days and the Governor's budget. With our luck unemployment will hit 10% in December, putting a realy damper on the holiday shopping season, taking that much more away from a state that lives and dies on the sales tax.

Yippee.

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Don't Go Into Teaching

Just don't. The article is about Oregon, but I'm willing to bet it holds true for Washington State as well. I know that our sub list is actually wonderfully robust this year, which is a pleasant change.

Have any of the papers done a study like this for Washington? It'd be fascinating reading.

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Why I Worry, Continued

If Krugman is right about private sector unemployment not coming down any time soon, a state like Washington that lives and dies on sales tax collections is going to, well, die that much faster.

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