So, from the last sentence in the article, this still means that over 60% of the folks who lost their jobs are still out of work!!

so if you consider the jobs lost as 100% of jobs were lost and we gained back 38%, that means 62 % are still unemployed of those who initally were unemployed. Not very good in my book.

Don’t dare think the concept of “robust economy” means that MN is coming out of its perennial non-robust, boring, provincial, social doldrums! Most of any job gains in MN are not in the Metro but rather are due to warped statistics such as leaching off of North Dakota’s oil prosperity in a wood-tick fashion.

The job gains in North Dakota are in North Dakota. Although Minnesotans may be employed there it would not be job gains in Minnesota.

Can’t be Dayton’s and Obama’s efforts that brought this about. But if things were more dire, they would surely be to blame.

The BUSH RECESSION morons!! Give credit to the Dem’s for trying to get us out of the Neocon’s cesspool.

I’d love it if domestic oil was the reason for improvement. Oil, consumer products, internet services and goods, none of those say “Made In America” when I buy them. Do you think maybe we have a problem? What do you suppose would level the playing field? Some think that cuts until the roads go to prairies will help, but not so.