Thread: Numbers show Nevada is most ‘distressed' state

Speaking of gloomy assesments, this report in today's Las Vegas Sun must give Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid pause:

Numbers show Nevada is most ‘distressed' state
Service providers caught between growing need, shrinking revenue

By David McGrath Schwartz
Monday, July 20, 2009 | 2 a.m.

Carson City — Nevada's misery could be conveyed in thousands of individual stories — of layoffs, lost homes and vanishing customers.

In the aggregate, the toll of the region's economic turmoil can be measured in a series of staggering numbers.

Consider that 42 percent more state residents are on food stamps than a year ago and 30 percent more reached out to the county for housing vouchers and other social services over the past 12 months than a year earlier. Forty percent more Nevada children are on Medicaid than last year.

By summer 2011, an estimated 300,000 Nevadans — about 11 percent of the state's population — will be on food stamps and another 300,000 will qualify but never apply, according to the state Health and Human Services Department.

Of course, these stats should give all elected officials in Nevada - regardless of party - some serious heartburn. But as one of the highest profile leaders in the Democratic party and the man responsible for shepherding President Obama's agenda through the Senate, Reid could be especially vulnerable to a backlash at the polls if the economy remains in the doldrums through the middle of next year.http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jul/20/numbers-show-were-uss-most-distressed/

The Economy:

Numbers show Nevada is most ‘distressed’ state
Service providers caught between growing need, shrinking revenue
By David McGrath Schwartz (contact)

Monday, July 20, 2009 | 2 a.m.

Carson City — Nevada’s misery could be conveyed in thousands of individual stories — of layoffs, lost homes and vanishing customers.

In the aggregate, the toll of the region’s economic turmoil can be measured in a series of staggering numbers.

Consider that 42 percent more state residents are on food stamps than a year ago and 30 percent more reached out to the county for housing vouchers and other social services over the past 12 months than a year earlier. Forty percent more Nevada children are on Medicaid than last year.

By summer 2011, an estimated 300,000 Nevadans — about 11 percent of the state’s population — will be on food stamps and another 300,000 will qualify but never apply, according to the state Health and Human Services Department.

Suffering Nevadans are increasingly turning to the government for help, as the state’s economy continues to struggle.

The numbers of people seeking government assistance “are a fair reflection of pain Nevadans are experiencing,â€

Speaking of gloomy assesments, this report in today's Las Vegas Sun must give Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid pause:

Numbers show Nevada is most ‘distressed' state
Service providers caught between growing need, shrinking revenue

By David McGrath Schwartz
Monday, July 20, 2009 | 2 a.m.

Carson City — Nevada's misery could be conveyed in thousands of individual stories — of layoffs, lost homes and vanishing customers.

In the aggregate, the toll of the region's economic turmoil can be measured in a series of staggering numbers.

Consider that 42 percent more state residents are on food stamps than a year ago and 30 percent more reached out to the county for housing vouchers and other social services over the past 12 months than a year earlier. Forty percent more Nevada children are on Medicaid than last year.

By summer 2011, an estimated 300,000 Nevadans — about 11 percent of the state's population — will be on food stamps and another 300,000 will qualify but never apply, according to the state Health and Human Services Department.

Of course, these stats should give all elected officials in Nevada - regardless of party - some serious heartburn. But as one of the highest profile leaders in the Democratic party and the man responsible for shepherding President Obama's agenda through the Senate, Reid could be especially vulnerable to a backlash at the polls if the economy remains in the doldrums through the middle of next year.http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jul/20/numbers-show-were-uss-most-distressed/

The Economy:

Numbers show Nevada is most ‘distressed’ state
Service providers caught between growing need, shrinking revenue
By David McGrath Schwartz (contact)

Monday, July 20, 2009 | 2 a.m.

Carson City — Nevada’s misery could be conveyed in thousands of individual stories — of layoffs, lost homes and vanishing customers.

In the aggregate, the toll of the region’s economic turmoil can be measured in a series of staggering numbers.

Consider that 42 percent more state residents are on food stamps than a year ago and 30 percent more reached out to the county for housing vouchers and other social services over the past 12 months than a year earlier. Forty percent more Nevada children are on Medicaid than last year.

By summer 2011, an estimated 300,000 Nevadans — about 11 percent of the state’s population — will be on food stamps and another 300,000 will qualify but never apply, according to the state Health and Human Services Department.

Suffering Nevadans are increasingly turning to the government for help, as the state’s economy continues to struggle.

The numbers of people seeking government assistance “are a fair reflection of pain Nevadans are experiencing,â€

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