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At least we're creating new jobs |
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Written by Stumo
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Friday, 19 September 2008 |
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Good news. You have 28 occupations that are likely to be the source of many future new jobs. Trouble is... none support a family above subsistence level. Bob Oaks reprinted this.
Peggy Wireman, author of Connecting the Dots: Government, Community and Family, said that 50% of all new jobs created in the next 10 years will be in just 28 occupations, and of those 28 occupations, only five will require a college degree. This is good news for individuals who don’t want a degree, but bad news for those who’d like to make enough money to support a family, according to Wireman.
Of the 28 occupations she examined, none of them supported a family of four above the “self-sufficiency” level, which is twice the poverty level or higher. Eight of the jobs would not support a family of four even at a poverty level; 11 would support a family at the poverty level.
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Brian O'Shaughnessy is CPA's Chief Co-Chair and Manufacturing Co-Chair. We also have a Labor Co-Chair, Bob Baugh, and Agriculture Co-Chair, Joe Logan.
Brian, Chairman of Revere Copper Products, presented at the R-CALF USA annual convention on Friday, January 22, 2010. His presentation involved a discussion of how America became strong through making and growing things here, his history in mining and ranching, the strategic importance of continuing that course, and how we all need to work together to fix America's trade and economic problems.
The video presentation is available here. |
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