Unemployment

Our new junior senator claims the new pork bill will create 105000 jobs in North Carolina. Currently, there are 400000 unemployed in the state which comes in at 8.7%. Therefore there are about 4.6 million workers. So fair citizens, we can look for an unemployment rate of (400000 - 105000)/4600000, which comes out to 6.4%. (Don't hold your breath waiting for this number.)