To: i-node who wrote (875231 ) 7/25/2015 4:08:26 PM From: tejek Respond to >> Of course, had it happened under Bush you would have had no trouble crediting him. Well, our unemployment rate is at 5.7 vs. your 5.3, but ours is unchanged over the course of the year where yours has come down. But given our state is essentially a farming economy, at least for half of it, you can't really expect the kind of economic growth as in Washington. Probably never will. Washington is a leading lumber producer. Its rugged surface is rich in stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa and white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar. The state is the biggest producer of apples, hops, pears, red raspberries, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries, and ranks high in the production of apricots, asparagus, dry edible peas, grapes, lentils, peppermint oil, and potatoes. Livestock and livestock products make important contributions to total farm revenue, and the commercial fishing of salmon, halibut, and bottomfish makes a significant contribution to the state's economy. en.wikipedia.org But we're not in debt like you are, either. We haven't promised stuff to public sector unions that we can't deliver on. Huh? Not according to this ranking:http://www.thestatesproject.org/state-debt/ In fact, our biggest economic threat is the Obamcare Medicaid expansion.
