Thread: Oklahoma Unemployment Is Way Down. Will Media Look into Why?

Oklahoma Unemployment Is Way Down. Will Media Look into Why?
By Tom Blumer | April 22, 2008 - 10:05 ET

Oklahoma's unemployment rate, which was a seasonally adjusted 4.3% and 4.4%, respectively, in September and October 2007 (4.1% and 4.2% unadjusted), has fallen to a seasonally adjusted 3.1% in both February and March of this year (3.5% and 3.2% unadjusted).

The unemployment rate in most states has gone up from September 2007 to March 2008. In states where the rate has gone down, none has shown an improvement like that seen in the Sooner State -- not even close.

Why is that?

What has happened in Oklahoma that hasn't happened elsewhere?

Well, one thing Oklahoma did last year was to pass an enforcement-focused immigration reform law.

It did so in May, and it took effect in November. Here is how One News Now described the bill at the time it was signed by the state's governor (original link no longer available):

[quote]House Bill 1804 was passed by overwhelming majorities in both the House and Senate of the Oklahoma Legislature. The measure’s sponsor, State Representative Randy Terrill, says the bill has four main topical areas: it deals with identity theft; it terminates public assistance benefits to illegals; it empowers state and local police to enforce federal immigration laws; and it punishes employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens.

Oklahoma is no longer “O.K.â€

zeezil did you send this to Senator Inhofe's office?

An "Inconvenient Truth"?

Originally Posted by Gogo

zeezil did you send this to Senator Inhofe's office?

No, but if you'd like to...pelase do so.

if there is a link, then let's prove it and push that inconvenient truth out there, to the open borders nutjobs and MSM and politicians, ALL copied so we are sure we are ALL on same page!

How do we prove this? Is this a seasonal thing? Anybody from Oklahoma who can shed more light?

OK sent to Inhofe. Thanks

We have had adds in the paper and the only people that show up are non english speaking or people that you wouldn't want working for you. I guess that is the same thing. But we have had to up our wages.

Originally Posted by Gogo

OK sent to Inhofe. Thanks

And thanks for getting this out because we both know it won't get reported in major media.

Ya, maybe we should send it out. I'd do it tomorrow though. ALL of the MSM will be about PA today. Boring.!

Businesses and corporations will utilize the low unemployment rate as another excuse for demanding immigrant labor.

High unemployment rate and Americans suffer, low unemployment rate and businesses claim they can't find the labor they need (we can't seem to win for losing). Anyone know what would be considered a perfect unemployment rate? One things for sure, it's not zero.