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According to a Forbes.com article published last month, Missouri's unemployment rate is at the highest it has ever been for 17 years since 1991.

Two years ago in July 2006, the Missouri Department of Economic Development claimed that the state's unemployment rate was "standing strong" in a press release. The release also includes a statement by Gov. Matt Blunt promising that Missouri is making the right decisions and moving in the right directions to not only maintain the static rate but to also work to decrease it.

“Missouri is on the right track economically and my administration remains committed to helping our state’s employers and entrepreneurs do what they do best, create job and stimulate our economy,” said Gov. Matt Blunt. “We are successfully moving away from massive job losses and layoffs that plagued our state early in this decade and have implemented good policies and legislation that will help enhance opportunities for all Missourians.”

Why exactly is Missouri's unemployment rate in trouble? What, in your opinion, are the best ways to reverse the direction of this statistic? Is this the product of poor decision-making of our state’s leaders or a reverberation of the larger, national problematic economy? What are some of the real reasons why Gov. Blunt's claims are nothing more than claims? As constituents and voters, how does it make you feel to experience first-hand empty promises by your democratic leaders?

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