14.8%

As of December 2008, Missaukee County's unemployment rate is 14.8%, our neighbor Wexford is a bit worse at 15.1% but, hey, they always try to have more of anything, don't they? Well, at least they have a larger percentage of people in the labor market, how many Missaukee County residents have given up on employment a long time ago. No jobs, no public transportation, no hope...most of our "community resources" are located in Wexford County, so I wonder how are people getting over there to access those resources.

I know most people think of Detroit when they think of Michigan and now Detroit has sort of become a bit of a symbol of our unemployment problems. John Rich even penned a new song for us:



Take care of yourself, and if you have some extra, take care of someone else today also.