Time to put our thinking hats on, boys and girls. The key here is: is this a mere CORRELATION or CAUSATION. If you think it's causation, what DIRECTION is the causation...
News:
http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/20/al...-unemployment/
Quote:
Alabama?s unemployment rate continues to drop amid state-wide enforcement of a new immigration law, despite Democratic efforts to block and stigmatize the popular reform.
December?s unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent, down from 8.7 percent in November and 9.8 percent in September.
?In the last three months alone, we?ve seen an unprecedented drop of 1.7 percentage points,? noted Alabama Republican Gov. Robert Bentley in a Jan. 20 statement.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/20/al...#ixzz1kExG8uU6
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What other factors can you think of which would explain the drop besides the illegal alien crackdown law?
Here's a hint: look at unemployment rate patterns at many other states (without an illegal alien crackdown)... Is there a pattern?