The Economy Is Getting Stronger - Many States Are Coming Back Out Of The Recession

1. Michigan
   Romney Is Getting No Snyder Support in Run Dogged by Bailout[bloomberg][sfgate.com]
   
   
   Rebirth of Detroit should be celebrated
   
   
   
   A second-half economic comeback for Pontiac, Michigan, a struggling auto town[news.yahoo.com]
   
2. Nevada
   Worst of recession may be over, but Las Vegas still has to hold on[lasvegassun]
   
3. Massachusetts
   Despite economy, Hanover sees stability in excise taxes
   
   
4. South Dakota
   S. Dakota lawmakers expect state revenue growth
5. Indicators
   On the economic front, the consumer sentiment index gained to 75.3 in February, its best level in almost a year, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's final reading. Economists had expected for a reading of 73.0.
   
6. Stocks
   Dow Breaks 13000 for the First Time Since Start of Recession‎

Constraints on the economy:

1. Many jobs gone for good
   
2. Public Sector Job Cuts
   "Job cuts, particularly in state and local governments, are hampering employment growth"
   “Many of the public sector job cuts have been teachers"[Janice Eberly, the U.S. Treasury Department’s chief economist][bloomberg]
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3. Congressional Gridlock