Georgia: Savannah based (and owned by tax-sucking General Dynamics) aircraft maker to the elites Gulfstream eliminating 1-thousand 1-hundred jobs across the U.S.! Administrators said it was the result of their “evaluations” of where the U.S. economy is heading (down the shit-hole).
Idaho: Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows the average income for Idahoans is crashing and burning! 
The U.S. Census Bureau also reports an increase in poverty in the State nicknamed The Gem State!
According to the Idaho Department of Education more than 60 school districts saw decreasing enrollment, even though the overall statewide enrollment levels were up from last year. For unknown reasons School District 2 (West Ada) is seeing the lion’s share of enrollment increase, far outpacing the next four districts with the top enrollment.
In Nampa, after 28 years the facility for ‘troubled girls’ Syringa House shutting down because the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare stopped sending them ‘troubled girls’.
The idiot ‘conservative lawmakers’ screwed over the taxpayers again! The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that taxpayers must pay the Coeur d’Alene Tribe about $57-thousand USD concerning competition from Round Eye operated horse racing casinos. An earlier court ruling shut those equine gambling ops down.
Illinois: Richland Community College laying off staff and refusing to pay MAP grants to students, blaming the failed state ‘lawmakers’ for failing to come up with a budget!
Iowa: Alliant Energy shutting down its Dubuque power plant by June 2017.
Massachusetts: 3D Systems shutting down in the Boston Weak state and eliminating 85 jobs, calling it a “strategic decision”. After 40 years popular Yenching restaurant shutdown without warning, no explanation just a ‘thank you’ note taped to the door.
Nebraska: Sterling based outdoor adventure store Cabela’s is looking for a new owner, reports say a major stockholder (Elliott Management) is disappointed in continued declining sales and wants to bail.
Nevada: Las Vegas based comic publisher and toy maker Wizard eliminating much coveted jobs with its Wizard World convention ops! Administrators say the suck-ass economy is forcing them to run their conventions as “efficiently as possible”.
New Mexico: In the city who has the most corrupted cops (according to the U.S. Department of Justice), the Albuquerque Journal eliminated eight customer service jobs, that’s just over half of the customer service positions. Kroger shutting down their Smith’s grocery store in Socorro, 66 jobs lost in January 2016.
New York: What construction industry recovery? Pre-fab building maker FC Modular issued a WARN warning that they might shutdown their Brooklyn Navy Yard ops in February 2016, 194 jobs could be lost! Too Big to Jail Sterling National Bank issued a layoff WARN, nine people losing their jobs by March 2016.
Ohio: Zanesville based recycler Axion International chapter 11 bankrupt busted and selling its assets. In Eldina,The Master’s Touch Floral shutting down after Xmas. The owner admitted she doesn’t have enough sales to hire more employees, which would make her job much easier, so she’s giving up after 18 years. Chester Packaging issued a shutdown WARN, 79 jobs lost by April 2016.
Pennsylvania: Drugs pusher Philidor Rx Services finally revealed to state administrators that they shutdown, back on 23 November, 262 jobs lost! Bemis Healthcare Packaging shutting down in January 2016, no job numbers given. Illinois based food maker Mondelēz International issued a WARN for their Philadelphia ops, 251 jobs to be lost! Food maker Cargill issued shutdown WARNs for three operations in Lititz, 125 jobs lost in January 2016! At the end of November train car maker ACF issued a WARN saying 181 people will lose their jobs, now local news reports say it’s actually more than 3-hundred jobs being eliminated sometime in January 2016! PA Media group eliminated seven jobs, blaming grocery chain stores for ending their Sunday Edition advertising.
Texas: In Fort Worth, Forest Park Medical Center chapter 11 bankrupt busted and for sale. After eliminating more than 10-thousand oil field jobs this year, Houston based Schlumberger warned that 2016 will be just as bad saying more jobs will be lost due to “expected reduced activity”. In El Paso, after 123 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Union Fashion shutting down after Xmas. It’s blamed on the suck-ass economy.
Virginia: What automotive industry recovery? Sweden based Volvo announced it will eliminate 734 jobs at their truck factory in Dublin, starting in February 2016! Local news report said that back in September Volvo execs promised the gov’na they would be hiring more people!
Washington: The evil Utah based Mormon for profit “facilities” operator Management & Training Corporation issued a shutdown WARN for its Sedro Woolley op, 90 evil taxpayer funded jobs lost at the end of January 2016 (good riddance!). Redmond based Microsoft eliminating 60 jobs in Israel, claiming it will bring those jobs back home to the U.S. of A.
Washington DC: More proof ObamaCare (Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act) is a big fail; yet again the cost of paying for healthcare went up, to a record $3-trillion USD in 2014!
West Virginia: In Wierton, the Ponderosa Steakhouse shutting down before Xmas, 30 jobs lost due to new property owners: “I love my job here, and I love my customers. Before Christmas, you know, we’re all going to lose our jobs!”-Shari Stillwagoner, employee
Wisconsin: D&S Manufacturing laid off 26 people, blaming the suck-ass global economy: “In the industry we serve, there’s competition from all over the world now. It’s global, there’s no question … It’s very competitive and it’s getting more challenging.”-John Barkley, vp
28-30 November 2015: More ‘Green’ companies bite the eco-dust! More taxpayer rip-off artists!
U.S. Food Crisis, November 2015: “I sit at night and I worry that…this time somebody got shot…”
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”
For proof the state government has failed with its SNAP (food stamps) allocations, fuel station Stinker Stores donated $20-thousand USD to the Idaho FoodBank, along with $50-thousand from customers of Stinker Stores. The League of Women Voters of Idaho is demanding a reduction in state sales tax. They’ve launched a ballot initiative to drop it by 1%, from 6% to 5%. Gee, when I first moved to Idaho in the late 1990s it was 5%. I remember when the state ‘elected’ lawmakers told us the increase to 6% was “temporary”, then suddenly it became permanent. In Idaho Falls, the Guns and Gear store reports increased training of individuals for the state concealed carry license: 
