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Old 07-22-2016, 01:37 PM
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"Defying critics of the state’s new regulations, California continued to pad its hefty payrolls in June. Employers in the state added 40,300 jobs over the month, the state reported Friday.

But unemployment in the state increased to 5.4%, from 5.2% in May. The national unemployment rate also ticked up in June, rising to 4.9%, from 4.7% in May.

In the last 12 months, California added 461,100 jobs, growing at a rate of 2.9%, faster than the national rate of 1.7%.

A perennial target for critics, California’s economy has earned fresh criticism of late, thanks to the $15 minimum wage, new mandatory paid sick leave, and laws that increase liability for labor violations." LA Times

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Old 07-22-2016, 01:48 PM
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A perennial target for critics, California’s economy has earned fresh criticism of late, thanks to the $15 minimum wage, new mandatory paid sick leave, and laws that increase liability for labor violations.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said in a report this month that those policies were costing California its long-held economic advantage over the rest of country.
Yes, all these things are deserving of harsh criticism. Nice job, LA Times. The check is in the mail.
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Yes, all these things are deserving of harsh criticism. Nice job, LA Times. The check is in the mail.
Huh? Did you read the link? They were being critical of critics like the Chamber of Commerce.
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I read it. I see no counter argument or criticism of the US Chambers criticism, only that California's short tern trends don't support the Chamber's long term predictions.
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I read it. I see no counter argument or criticism of the US Chambers criticism, only that California's short tern trends don't support the Chamber's long term predictions.
Other than letting the numbers speak for themselves?
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Other than letting the numbers speak for themselves?
Short term results don't confirm long term predictions.
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Short tern results don't invalidate long term predictions.
Whadda you have against seabirds?
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Whadda you have against seabirds?
It's just the short ones I don't like.
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It's just the short ones I don't like.
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It is well known that the Chamber of Commerce is for the wealthy and dead set against the rest of the populace.
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