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Article: North Carolina GOP: Unemployment Figures Highlight Wrongheaded Tax Policy
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- July 28, 2008
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The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release:
New numbers show that unemployment is the highest it has been since 2003. It also marks the sixth straight month new figures have shown higher unemployment.
"North Carolina hasn't had a job market this bad in more than four years.
Unemployment rose to 6 percent last month from 5.9 percent in May, according to figures released Friday by the N.C. Employment Security Commission. In South Carolina, the unemployment rate dipped to 6.2 percent in June from 6.5 percent in May.
In North Carolina, it was the sixth consecutive monthly increase and the highest rate since December 2003.
The total number of workers employed in North ...