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« Reply #15 on: May 02, 2012, 09:53:32 am »

Another day, another McClendon scandal.
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« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2012, 11:35:20 am »

Oklahoma is doing very well under Mary Fallin, our unemployment rate droped some more to around 5.5% one the lowest in the nation. Mary Fallin's pro-business and tax cut atitudes help the economy big time. Here in Tulsa anyone who wants a job can find one. Since Mary Fallin came to power our unemployment rate has been dropping and dropping every month. Michigan and  Ohio are a mess jobs are bleeding out of those states. Ohio has not only a state income tax but every city in Ohio  has it's own city income tax and some school districts in Ohio even have a school district income tax and still the school systems are always broke  and prop. taxes are sky high. Residents and companies are fleeing the state.
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« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2012, 11:39:34 am »

Oklahoma is doing very well under Mary Fallin, our unemployment rate droped some more to around 5.5% one the lowest in the nation. Mary Fallin's pro-business and tax cut atitudes help the economy big time. Here in Tulsa anyone who wants a job can find one. Since Mary Fallin came to power our unemployment rate has been dropping and dropping every month. Michigan and  Ohio are a mess jobs are bleeding out of those states. Ohio has not only a state income tax but every city in Ohio  has it's own city income tax and some school districts in Ohio even have a school district income tax and still the school systems are always broke  and prop. taxes are sky high. Residents and companies are fleeing the state.

She's gonna drive this state into a handcart.  But I've already pointed this out.

You and shadows obviously have been sniffing the Fallin 'brown gas'....
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« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2012, 11:41:07 am »

Oklahoma is doing very well under Mary Fallin, our unemployment rate droped some more to around 5.5% one the lowest in the nation. Mary Fallin's pro-business and tax cut atitudes help the economy big time. Here in Tulsa anyone who wants a job can find one. Since Mary Fallin came to power our unemployment rate has been dropping and dropping every month. Michigan and  Ohio are a mess jobs are bleeding out of those states. Ohio has not only a state income tax but every city in Ohio  has it's own city income tax and some school districts in Ohio even have a school district income tax and still the school systems are always broke  and prop. taxes are sky high. Residents and companies are fleeing the state.

Even when the meds wear off it's still allowed in its local library.

Too bad it hasn't learned to properly use reference material.
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« Reply #19 on: May 09, 2012, 11:49:10 am »

Even when the meds wear off it's still allowed in its local library.

Too bad it hasn't learned to properly use reference material.

You'd think being in a library it would learn...
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« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2012, 11:52:00 am »

Oklahoma is doing very well under Mary Fallin, our unemployment rate droped some more to around 5.5% one the lowest in the nation. Mary Fallin's pro-business and tax cut atitudes help the economy big time. Here in Tulsa anyone who wants a job can find one. Since Mary Fallin came to power our unemployment rate has been dropping and dropping every month. Michigan and  Ohio are a mess jobs are bleeding out of those states. Ohio has not only a state income tax but every city in Ohio  has it's own city income tax and some school districts in Ohio even have a school district income tax and still the school systems are always broke  and prop. taxes are sky high. Residents and companies are fleeing the state.

Wait....YOU ARE MARY FALLIN AREN'T YOU!!!
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« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2012, 11:54:20 am »

Wait....YOU ARE MARY FALLIN AREN'T YOU!!!

Sounds about right.
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« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2012, 12:14:55 pm »

I saw a friend who owns a major landscape company and he said finding labor has become a huge issue....seems like all the immigrants went home.

Inflation coming.....
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« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2012, 01:50:41 pm »

I saw a friend who owns a major landscape company and he said finding labor has become a huge issue....seems like all the immigrants went home.

Inflation coming.....

Had lunch with a friend Tuesday that owns a large landscape company.  He indicated same.
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« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2012, 02:10:04 pm »

I saw a friend who owns a major landscape company and he said finding labor has become a huge issue....seems like all the immigrants went home.

Inflation coming.....

This has been a problem since HB 1804.  How long ago was that?  Five years?  Localized inflation hasn’t happened as a result.

There’s a general shortage of skilled and un-skilled labor in this market, not just landscaping and other jobs you are used to seeing Hispanics do.  There’s probably work for at least 6000 to 7000 welder/fabricators in the Tulsa area which goes un-filled because there aren’t enough welders to go around or the ones who can’t get hired have other “issues”.

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« Reply #25 on: May 09, 2012, 04:15:19 pm »

There’s a general shortage of skilled and un-skilled labor in this market, not just landscaping and other jobs you are used to seeing Hispanics do.  There’s probably work for at least 6000 to 7000 welder/fabricators in the Tulsa area which goes un-filled because there aren’t enough welders to go around or the ones who can’t get hired have other “issues”.

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« Reply #26 on: May 09, 2012, 04:56:37 pm »

    For a while Tulsa was juuuust holding steady population wise and looking at the racial demographics run down from the last census, we were losing white population in Tulsa and the only way we were holding steady was because of the increase in hispanic population.

I would love to see more numbers.   Otherwise it might very well be that some part of the low unemployment rate could be because we are losing population faster than we are losing jobs.  
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« Reply #27 on: May 10, 2012, 11:43:48 am »

History shows that what Mary Fallin is doing works, cutting taxes and getting gov. off of people's backs really works. Getting rid of regulations and low taxes attracts jobs, companies, and new business and that in turn brings in more money -not less money- to the state. Doing the oppiset bleeds jobs and companies for examples look at Michigan & Ohio. Michigan was run by democrats for years, taxes are choking everyone, business is leaving. Cutting gov't growth puts money in the private sector and it  makes jobs and grows the economy, growing gov't takes money out of the private sector and kills jobs as is what Obama & the democrats are doing on the national level.
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« Reply #28 on: May 10, 2012, 11:46:33 am »

Anyone who wants a job in Tulsa can find one if they really want to work. Oklahoma's housing martket is also stronger than many other cities. Oklahoma has a solid economy much better than it was under gov. Henry. I give the credit to Mary Fallin.
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« Reply #29 on: May 10, 2012, 11:48:21 am »

Anyone who wants a job in Tulsa can find one if they really want to work. Oklahoma's housing martket is also stronger than many other cities. Oklahoma has a solid economy much better than it was under gov. Henry. I give the credit to Mary Fallin.

I give credit to the oil and gas business....business, something you must not understand to credit a rude governess who hasn't had time to impact squat except teaparty causes.
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