Real Growth in the State

<blockquote> Montana's economy continues on a hot streak, with the state adding almost 14,000 jobs in the past year and hitting the lowest unemployment rate for January in 35 years.</blockquote><br />n<br />nAmazing, all this <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/11/build/state/30-job-growth.inc" target="_new">job growth</a> and creation and <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> can't take credit for it since it happened during the previous administration. Something to be said for sitting back and not getting in the way if you ask me. In fact, according to Schweitzer, there are no jobs in the state and we need to create more.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>The department also reported that the average nongovernment job in Montana paid $501.08 a week in January, or $15.23 more than a year ago. That 3.1 percent improvement was better than the 2.5 percent rise in the cost of living during that time, the agency said.</blockquote><br />n<br />nReal wages even increased over the past year with out the <acronym title="<a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>">Second Coming</acronym> standing over the businesses and threatening them like he does his political opponents.<br />n<br />nThis just shows things aren't all that bad. I won't argue that wages are still low but it's getting better all the time with out Big Government and the <acronym title="<a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>">Second Coming</acronym> stepping in and screwing things up.<br />n<br />n<b>Interpretation is the evidence of growth and knowledge, the latter through sorrow- that great teacher. Eleonora Duse</b>