Thursday, April 1, 2010
My pet political issue: Jobs
OK, I'll go first. My number one political issue is job creation. If you combine unemployed, not looking anymore, and under employed, our unemployment rate is huge and unacceptable. Most of the problem is the fault of the federal government but those issues fall outside the responsibility of our local representatives in Richmond. At the state level we are mainly dealing with competition from other states so my concerns relate to making Virginia as attractive as possible to current and prospective employers. First I am concerned that anti-diversity stances taken by our leading politicians cast us as a backwards, unfriendly, and unstable place to do business. I believe that enthusiastic support for education at all levels, particularly aggressive vocational education, is necessary to provide a well trained employee base. I think existing Virginia employers should be recognized as the economic assets that they are and should receive tax credits for employing Virginia residents. People with jobs spend money with our businesses and pay taxes. To me, job creation is at the top of the important political issues list. WL
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I stand behind you on this one, or maybe beside you Wayne. As of today, Friday, the 2nd, the unemployment numbers have been released.
ReplyDeleteAnd I quote, "WASHINGTON - The nation's economy posted its largest job gain in three years in March, while the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent for the third straight month.
The increase in payrolls is the latest sign that the economic recovery is gaining momentum and healing in the job market is beginning. Still, the healing is likely to be slow, and most economists don't expect new hiring to be fast enough this year to rapidly reduce the unemployment rate.
The Labor Department said employers added 162,000 jobs in March, the most since the recession began but below analysts' expectations of 190,000. The total includes 48,000 temporary workers hired for the U.S. Census, also fewer than many economists forecast."
I maintain that as business owners, we must look for talk and promote the most positive position we can take. Not saying the future is going to be full of roses and bliss, but we must talk positive. At the same time, roll up your sleeves and look for ways to not wither up and die and eventually become another statistic of failure. In closing, stay positive, talk positive and work hard and guess what, The sun "Will" come out tomorrow.