Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that California has the highest Unemployment Rate in the nation, at 7.5% as of September 2021. How is this possible? In the chart below, the states that are dark red have full Republican control of the legislature and governorship, and dark blue connotes a state with full Democratic control. As expected, red state/ blue state policies impact the state’s recovery. Politicians blame the bottleneck on people not returning to work, yet the same politicians attempt