Steve Sloan Wrote:
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> Duh, check the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Compare
> the unemployment rate in Michigan and Texas.
> Unemployment is generally lower in what is called
> the Sunbelt.
> I will never change anyone's mind if they choose
> to make the union their god and throw their hard
> earned money to the union bosses to be wasted and
> stolen.
> I have lived in Michigan, Florida and Georgia and
> have seen the affects of economic conditions in
> both union and right to work states and the right
> to work states are heads above union states in
> peoples attitudes and outlook on life.

OK, Steve, I took your advice and looked up the figures on the BLS web site: [www.bls.gov]

For October 2012 (the most current figures available), the state with the lowest unemployment rate is North Dakota and the state with the highest is Nevada. Both are Right To Work states. So what does that prove?

The BLS also has on their web site some analysis: [www.bls.gov]

In your post you mention Michigan, Georgia and Florida. According to the BLS, Michigan has the 6th highest employment rate (no surprize there), but Georgia is tied for 10th while Florida is 13th. Mixed in among the states with the highest umployment rates - those above 8 per cent - are those in the South which have long had Right To Work laws - in fact, that's where the movement started. Since you've lived in both Florida and Georiga, surely you're aware of the high proverty levels in rural areas. Please explain to me how this can be, given your glowing description of life there.