GOVERNMENT JOBS STILL DRIVING THE DECLINE, THOUGH
South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped for the third straight month in November – but once again the decrease was fueled by the addition of thousands of government-funded jobs.
Of the 7,100 new jobs the state took credit for creating last month, 3,100 of them were government positions. Meanwhile another 1,200 [...]
SC Unemployment Rate Drops Again
SC Bureaucrats Aren’t Hurting
South Carolina’s government sector is not only disproportionately larger than government sectors other states, but it pays its employees salaries that are higher than other workers, too.
Prior to its most recent expansion, government in South Carolina represented 40.5% of the state’s economy (with state government representing a 17.8% chunk). Of course, that was back in [...]
