(Not so)Great Jobs for U.S. Citizens in Montana
September 24, 2007 – 11:11 pmAs I listened to this story from NPR, it occurred to me how wonderful news this story is for the anti-immigrant crowd. After all, imagine how many U.S. citizens are planning the big move to Helena to work at a creperie for $6.50/hour.
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One Response to “(Not so)Great Jobs for U.S. Citizens in Montana”
i heard this story on the way home yesterday and remembered thinking a few things:
1) its remarkable that helena, like fargo, continues to grow at such a consistent rate
2) helena has hit a barrier fargo is starting to hit as well, it’s entry tier work is no longer able to be filled by traditional entry teir workers
3) this is good evidence of the case that we need to enable more entry tier workers
4) we need entry tier workers that aren’t planning to stick around long term because the services economy will start to constrict after the baby boomers begin to die (helps the case for temporary worker programs)
5) the story also indicated that there’s quick upward mobility as the aged population moves out of jobs, which is why the entry level economy is so tight there.. which means we need to help enable an influx of american workers as well.. we also need to figure out a way to help mobilize our trapped poor.. if there were ways to enable inner city unemployed who are stuck where there aren’t jobs, these are the type of work that they need to build entry level experience.. it would be good if we figured out a way to reduce the risk and cost of moving when it was to fill a specific economic need.. similar to the homestead program that offered free land to those who worked for a certain number of years.. something like a loan program could be offered by cities or states where if someone came, moved to a community and maintained work for a year or two, they loan would instead become a grant
By jeremiah on Sep 25, 2007