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Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:

> I wonder, though...Biden is saying that the 'recovery' is working. I don't 
> see it here. We still have no jobs,;stores and factories closed; houses not 
> selling, so people can't even leave to find a job (many families have one 
> person living/working far away just to keep afloat). Of course, this area 
> has been in a recession for years, but it's only gotten worse in the past 
> year. Is the economy improving anywhere?
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth

Not here in my area.  Unemployment seems to be getting worse as more 
stores and businesses close.  There are still pages and pages of 
bankruptcies and foreclosures in the paper and yet no real jobs 
advertised-only the work at home scams.  Now, having said that, I can 
say that in the relatively new neighborhood where my folks live, there 
were about 8 empty houses, now there is only one.  I think that is due 
to special loans and the first time buyer program that Obama promoted. 
I personally don't view home sales as a sign of economic recovery, 
especially if that is due to special financing.  The housing crisis came 
to be because of 'special financing', so having more houses occupied 
just doesn't spell 'recovery' in my book.

There is a town, down in middle Georgia, where a large KIA plant is due 
to open.  KIA has created a lot of jobs and the little town  of West 
Point is calling itself KIAville and has become somewhat of a boom town, 
getting lots of media attention.  Surrounding areas are riding KIA's 
coattails, too.

Georgia has an average 10.1% unemployment for June, up from 9.6 in May. 
 They say that we will be at 12% or more statewide before the end of 
the year.  I live in one of the worst areas of my state for jobs.  I 
looked on the GDOL website and I see that Atlanta is at 9.6% and the 
Dalton area is at 12.6%, down from about 14.8 in March as you can see on 
this bar graph.

http://www.dol.state.ga.us/pdf/pr/lf_dalton.pdf

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