sfrl in dealing with serious economic problems. at the same time i take my responsibilitys as governor very seriously. i am working very hard to make sure that the kind of economic success that my state experience continues. our unemployment rate last month was 2.7%. we have a serious labor shortage is a wonderful problem to have, i can tell you. it's serious. we have thousands and thousands of job. everything i do will be to see if we can't reach out to every citizen that isn't sharing our economic success and provide training and day care to help those folks become part of our success and be independent and self-sufficient. there isn't a state in the country that's better equipped to do that. we'll work very hard to do it. every once in a while there will be plant closing or layoff. that's the nature. the thing that makes massachusetts different and i hope these are policies which i can bring to the country as well. we have one of the few states that have a comprehensive closing law that not only provides notice to people before