Thursday, April 2, 2009

Unemployment rate rises dramatically!

In February 2009, the unemployment rate in the city of Martinsville, VA shot up to 20.6% - that means 1/5th of the local workforce is out of work. In surrounding Henry County, the unemployment rate went up to 14.6% - making the total unemployment rate fo rthe area a "whopping" 15.7%. In nearby Patrick County (VA), the rate went up 1.8% - from 11.5% to 13.3%! Yet all that's being done is a lot of people are "empathizing" and "sympathizing" with everyone who's lost their job or is about to lose their job. Something tells me that the rate is even HIGHER THAN IS BEING REPORTED - 30 or even 40%!

And from where did this increase in unemployment come? There were NO new layoffs in the area - heck, they are very few jobs here as it is! What aren't we being told?

Enough already! How about some help here? I've been out of full-time work since August 2002 and have long since exhausted my benefits. But I certainly don't hear anyone offering me any assistance - unless you count the local office and their "demands" that I use my TradeAct benefits package to RETRAIN myself for a new job. RETRAIN? I didn't know that I needed new skills to find a job - there are lots of openings for inventory clerks out there but I can't get to them.

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