California has a budget surplus?

Travis said:
Actually I'd say the state is succeeding (seriously half of all job growth in the US last year was in California according to figures I saw on the news one night) in spite of direct democracy.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics disagrees. From March of 2012 to March of this year, California did have a job growth of 285,000, an impressive figure. But Texas had job growth of 329,000. Among the 29 states with statistically significant job gains, California accounted for about 1/6th of the job growth. In percentage terms, their job growth was 2% year over year, which is very good, but behind North Dakota (4.5%), Texas (3.0%), Colorado (2.57%), and Idaho (2.5%).
 
Brainster said:
The Bureau of Labor Statistics disagrees. From March of 2012 to March of this year, California did have a job growth of 285,000, an impressive figure. But Texas had job growth of 329,000. Among the 29 states with statistically significant job gains, California accounted for about 1/6th of the job growth. In percentage terms, their job growth was 2% year over year, which is very good, but behind North Dakota (4.5%), Texas (3.0%), Colorado (2.57%), and Idaho (2.5%).
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I think you are missing a bit of the picture. It's not as sparkly and exiting as you might think (I will concede the purpose of the post is simply to counter a claim).

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Perry’s claim that “40 percent … of all the jobs in America were created in Texas” since June 2009 is accurate. But it’s also true that the increase in jobs hasn’t kept pace with the rise in the state’s population — so the number of jobless Texans also has risen, along with the state’s unemployment rate. And Texas is tied with Mississippi for the highest percentage of hourly workers paid at or below the minimum wage.
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RandFan said:
I think you are missing a bit of the picture. It's not as sparkly and exiting as you might think (I will concede the purpose of the post is simply to counter a claim).

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I didn't make any claim about Texas' job growth other than that it was better than California's both in raw numbers and percentages (which is pretty obvious). And in response you point to a 18-month-old article, which doesn't even overlap the time period in my post at all.
 
Brainster said:
I didn't make any claim about Texas' job growth other than that it was better than California's both in raw numbers and percentages (which is pretty obvious). And in response you point to a 18-month-old article, which doesn't even overlap the time period in my post at all.
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I conceded the purpose of your claim. I don't think 18 months has changed anything. What evidence is there that anything has changed? I'll stand by my 18 month old article.
 
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