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Use It or Lose It

Something must be wrong in Sacramento! As best I can tell our esteemed Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, has not filed a law suit against the federal government in weeks, perhaps even a month! I know that the legislature is in session as they are busy formulating laws to ban plastic straws, so the attorney general and his staff of lawyers must also be on the job. What are they doing with all their time? In order to keep their legal skills at a sharp level, shouldn’t they either use them or lose them?

Well it so happens that I have an inside source in the California Attorney General’s Office, and they are not idle. The following are some confidential quotes overheard by my source!
“When we looked at the recent employment statistics for California, we discovered that there were two groups that were not benefiting from the recent economic surge in California. Perhaps we can sue on behalf of these groups.”

A review of job statistics comparing March 2017 and March 2018 revealed the following:

Ten of California’s eleven industry sectors added a total of 326,300 jobs over the year. The largest job gains were in educational and health services, up 86,100 jobs (a 3.3 percent increase), construction, up 54,400 jobs (a 6.8 percent increase), and professional and business services, up 45,500 (a 1.8 percent increase). Other sectors adding jobs over the year were leisure and hospitality, trade, transportation and utilities, government, manufacturing, financial activities, information and mining and logging. Only one industry sector posted job declines over the year, “other services,” down a total of 5,300 jobs.
“Now we are not sure what ‘other services’ means, but does it really matter? Why should this group be left behind? Obviously the federal government and the Trump administration must be at fault. Let’s file a lawsuit!”

The federal household survey showed an increase in the number of employed Californians over the month of March, 2018 and the year from 3/2017-3/2018. It estimated the number of Californians holding jobs in March was 18,552,000, an increase of 2,000 from February, and up 290,000 from the employment total in March of last year. The number of unemployed Californians was 827,000 in March – down by 16,000 over the month, and down by 142,000 compared with March of last year.
“Sure at first glance these unemployment numbers look good, but let’s look at different sub-groups to see who has been slighted.
Perhaps if we look at employment data by race, age, and gender we can find some group that has been slighted by this recent economic surge.”
 
All age groups demonstrated significant decreases in unemployment including a decrease of 20.2% in the 35-44 age group, and a decrease of 19.4% in the >65 age group. All races demonstrated significant decreases in unemployment, including a decrease of 15.5% in whites, a decrease of 9.4% in blacks, and a decrease of 13.0% in Hispanics.
“Nothing here so far. But wait, there does appear to be a group that has been slighted. The so called rising tide has not lifted all boats. In males, 20 years or older, the number of unemployed has decreased 14.2%, whereas in females, 20 years or older, the number of unemployed has increased 2.2%!
Obviously the federal government and the Trump administration must be at fault. Let’s file a lawsuit!
Let’s get this right over to Xavier. Certainly Attorney General Becerra can set the wheels in motion for our next lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of ‘other services’ and the females in our state.”
I certain that all of you are relieved that the lawyers in the office of the Attorney General of California are going to keep using their legal skills, as we would not want them to lose their legal “acumen”!

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