California unemployment rises to record 11.2 percent.......means 19.7%

[anarchist]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090417/us_nm/us_economy_california_unemployment;_ylt=AmBdqfTeoM1FhHYhhYG6ft2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTM0NHBmYnJ0BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNDE3L3VzX2Vjb25vbXlfY2FsaWZvcm5pYV91bmVtcGxveW1lbnQEY3BvcwM1BHBvcwMxMgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNjYWxpZm9ybmlhdW4-

you add the 6-7 points on and it looks like things are getting bad.

[paland]

And yet, we (State of Calif) hired two new people this week. This is in a unit of 65, and I know that other Departments hired quite a few lately too.  I thought that there would be a hiring freeze by now, but I guess we need more people to administer the Obama stimulus package money.

Nobody here seems to worry about any budget problems, and we are a large Department who administers much of the State money.