"Economy key in N.H. governor’s race; Both sides make case on numbers" by Kathleen Ronayne | Associated Press October 20, 2014
CONCORD, N.H. — As New Hampshire continues to crawl out of the Great Recession, both candidates for governor are using facts about the state’s economic health to woo voters, and [that] mean[s] one thing: New Hampshire’s economy is slowly chugging its way out of the recession.
‘‘New Hampshire has tended to grow faster than New England and the US, both in the expansion periods and when the economy finally turns around from a recession. But that isn’t happening this time,’’ said Dennis Delay, an economist with the nonpartisan New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies.
A recent Associated Press-GfK poll shows 90 percent of likely voters say the economy is an important issue and a plurality say it is the biggest issue.
About two-thirds of the jobs created recently in New Hampshire are in low-paying sectors such as hospitality and retail, Delay said. Higher-paying jobs such as construction and manufacturing are growing slowly or not at all....
And all that is being offered are the same old fail solutions: more training for jobs that aren't there to keep you busy while the 1% rake in the dough, and more debt enslavement they call education for promised jobs that never materialize.
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Who is running in New Hampshire, and who cares?
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
Anthem: 2015 rates in health marketplace stay flat
Yeah, right, whatever you $ay.
Garcia apologizes for not citing speech’s passages
What, a politician.... never mind.
