“No one should be surprised from soft numbers in the industrial economy, regional or national.  Just as the downshift in capex in the oil sector began to ease, the strong dollar and the slowdown in China’s industrial economy have bitten, hard, and likely will inflict more pain over the next few months.”-Ian Shepherdson, Pantheon Macroeconomics, reacting to the latest comments by the Federal Reserve

Failed State Alabama: Back in May, Walter Energy laid off 4-hundred people at its Brookwood Mine, now they will eliminate an additional 129 jobs!  The company went bankrupt in July.

Arizona: Washington DC based Living Social suddenly laid off 180 people at its Phoenix call center!

Ontario, California, Arrowhead water bottler. It doesn’t come from a mountain spring, it comes from the U.S. taxpayer!

California:  The U.S. Forest Service has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of illegally giving Switzerland based food producer Nestlé taxpayer owned water in the drought stricken state! It was used for the Arrowhead brand bottled water.  If you buy Arrowhead you’re contributing to the plight of California’s farmers!  In Costa Mesa, after 26 years Scott’s upscale restaurant shutting down in January because the owner decided it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease.  The only bank in the town of Upper Lake, Westamerica Bank, shutdown.  In Burbank, the Helping Hands for Animals Thrift Store shutdown due to a sudden increase in rent, the owner swore “I didn’t see it coming.”   The 8 Ball ‘retro shop’ shutting down due to losing its lease.   Not A Burger Stand eatery shutdown due to landlord issues.

Colorado:  After four years the Booknook in Louisville shutdown due to ever increasing costs of operations.

Connecticut: Fontana Bridal Shop shutdown without notice and now people are mad.  The owner says it’s because his wife suddenly went into a coma.

Delaware: In Wilmington, after ten years Black Lab Breads suddenly shutdown due to the lease not being renewed.  The owner is hoping he can find a new affordable location.

Florida: In Neptune Beach, after five years Lillie’s Coffee & Bar shutting down at the end of the month because of the greedy landlord.

Idaho:  The state Department of Education has revealed it is using taxpayer money to create a new department for migrants!  State Right to Work (you over) administrators admitted there are so many migrant workers who don’t speak English that they feel compelled to rape taxpayers in order to provide migrants English classes. 

Just last week I revealed that Idahoans are being forced to spend at least $187-million USD towards illegal migrant workers!  This comes as the University of Idaho’s McClure Center for Public Policy Research discovered that since 2009 the population in the metro areas of The Gem State increased by 6% while rural areas flatlined.  Researchers say it’s because it’s harder to find good paying jobs in the rural areas.   In Idaho Falls, presidential candidate Carly Fiorina has gained the support of the Mormon owned snake oil salesman, I mean personal care product maker Melaleuca, so much so that company administrators forced their mainly Mormon employees to attend a speech given by Fiorina!    The Idaho Supreme Court upheld Boise’s plan to use hotel room taxes to pay bondholders via a series of one-year leases to fund the expansion of the city’s convention center (for some reason they choose to use the British empire spelling of Centre).  Pumpkin farmers south of the Boise area reporting a shortage of pumpkins: “It’s been a rough year. It’s probably been the roughest year I’ve had with pumpkins since we’ve been doing it, and we’ve been doing it a long time.”-Fred Schreffler, owner of The Berry Ranch

NOT ANYMORE!

Failed State Illinois: Last month state Lottery administrators said they could not honor jackpots of $25-thousand USD or more, now they’ve announced they can’t pay jackpots of only $6-hundred or more, because they’re broke! Despite this Lottery tickets are still being sold!  Pumpkin farmers report massive losses, Illinois normally grows 90% of the pumpkins in the United States!  Peoria based heavy vehicle maker Caterpillar shutting down their Electro-Motive Diesel rail office in London, Ontario (Canada).  50 jobs lost right after Xmas.  Because of the crashing economy Caterpillar is consolidating all its operations.

Maryland:  Bethesda based taxsucker Lockheed Martin will eliminate 250 jobs in its Missiles and Fire Control division, right after Thanksgiving!  Umami Bistro of Pikesville shutting down due to landlord issues.

Massachusetts: Too Big to Jail evil British empire bank Barclays eliminating 25 jobs in Boston Weak.  The Boston Globe laying off ten employees, more than a dozen accepted voluntary quit bribes (buyouts).  And after 43 years iconic Medieval Manor restaurant theater shutdown due to crashed and burned sales.  A survey revealed many Bostonians thought the place had shutdown a long time ago!

Failed State Michigan: Oakdale based Imation warned of more job cuts, possibly due to its $7.5-million takeover of Connected Data.  The only movie theater in Newberry is shutting down.  The owner of Great Depression era TahquaLand Theatre says he can’t afford to convert to digital.

Minnesota: PM Beef is shutting down its Windom meat plant right before Xmas, 260 jobs lost!  Windom City administrators say they will lose almost half of their revenues from lost taxes and fees!   After 14 years Minneapolis French cuisine Vincent A Restaurant shutting down after Xmas, so the owner can “move on with my life”.

Mississippi:  In Fulton, after 58 years Bob Steele’s Flowers and Gifts shutting down after Xmas.

Missouri: East Saint Louis laid off eight cops and in a sign of a Failed State warned that local taxes will be increased.

New Hampshire: Keene base food supplier C&S Wholesale Grocers laid off an undisclosed number of employees due to the gigantic collapse of A & P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) grocery stores across the eastern U.S.  Monadnock Community Hospital laid off six people and eliminated vacant jobs, directly blaming ObamaCare: “This is largely as a result of the changes in the Affordable Care Act, which really got into full swing in 2014.”-Laura Gingras, vice president of philanthropy and community relations

New Mexico: In Albuquerque, Flying Star Cafe shutting down its ten years old restaurant on Silver and 8th Street.  It’s the third Flying Star to shutdown since the company went bankrupt.  It’s been revealed that Halliburton laid off an undisclosed number of people in Hobbs, last month.

New York: Semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries warned of mass layoffs at its Luther Forest Technology Campus.  Administrators said they’d have more details about just how many people will be let go by the end of the month.  The California based company is also killing jobs in Germany.  Bankrupt busted Organic Avenue shutting down all its juice bars! Administrators refused to say how many people will become unemployed.  Local news reports say sales crashed and burned last year.

North Carolina:  Tin Tin Box and Noodles shutting down at the end of the month, apparently because of the greedy landlord because the owner of the Japanese restaurant said he’s looking for a new location.

Says the money is in China and Russia, will abandon U.S.A.

Ohio: TerraSource Global shutting down its Cuyahoga Falls machine factory right before Xmas, 53 jobs lost.  Administrators say their U.S. sales have crashed and they’re forced to move to where the money is; Russia and China!   Health insurance company Assurant shutting down their two years old Dayton call center, 150 jobs affected!  Two years ago the company promised to employ 2-hundred people, in anticipation of increased demand due to ObamaCare forcing people to buy health insurance, but guess what, it didn’t happen.  The overwhelming majority of people on ObamaCare are people who already had insurance, meaning the rest of us are flippin’ ObamaCare the ‘bird’!

Pennsylvania: Too Big to Jail evil British empire bank Barclays eliminating six jobs in Philadelphia, right after Xmas.  Iconic music venue North Star Bar shutdown, its being replaced with a restaurant.

Vermont: Semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries warned of mass layoffs at its Essex Junction and Hopewell Junction fabs.

Virginia: What automotive industry recovery?  In Sterling, after only two years Advance Auto Parts shutdown. Local news reports say it was the fifth auto parts store to try to set up shop in town.

Washington DC: Living Social suddenly laid off 30 people at its headquarters.  Administrators warned that another hundred employees will soon be let go, saying the bad economy is forcing them to reorganize their ‘daily deals’ offerings.

Wisconsin: Kimberly Clark laid off 70 IT employees, blaming the bad economy for forcing them to become even more efficient.  Texas based Hi-Crush Proppants shutting down its plant in the city of Augusta, 27 jobs lost.  Maryland based U.S. Silica laid off an additional 16 people in Sparta.

13 October 2015: Sales to students have crashed by 44% from last year! 

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.”