Tom Walsh: Michigan leads U.S. in new jobs with 27,800 | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Good news or just a blip in the real economic problems facing our state? Maybe we just take good news as it comes and go as they say "one day at a time."
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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This post I think is really exciting for Michigan. To have such a large drop in unemployment and increase in jobs is so awesome for Michigan. My favorite part was that the private sector is growing which I think is the most important part in showing that these numbers are good and will continue to improve.
ReplyDeleteMore jobs is always a good thing.
ReplyDeleteBut the actual benefit here should be weighed against the fact that Michigan lost probably at least a half-million jobs, as this article from as long ago as 2008 cited numbers over 350k.
http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/09/michigan_lost_315200_manufactu.html
It's nice to see improvement, but I am not convinced nor anywhere near even considering being satisfied.
Obviously no one in Michigan should be satisfied yet, but in one year that's a great improvement, something I think that the state should be proud of. It would be impossible to recover entirely in one year, but I think that we have to be optimistic and take these numbers as encouragement.
ReplyDeleteAnyone from Michigan can and should be excited about these numbers. A drop in unemloyment and increase in jobs is an indication that we are headed in the right direction. The more people that have jobs, the more people that can spend money and can therefore help to get Michigan's economy going once again. We are by no means completely in the clear yet, but I'll take even the smallest amount of good news.
ReplyDeleteAlthough this is obviously great news, I don't like the fact the majority of new jobs are in the manufacturing field. I don't have anything against auto workers myself (I am from the Flint area where all the adults I knew growing up worked on the lines at GM). However, all trends show that our society in general is moving away from manufacturing jobs and into service sector jobs (health care, retail etc) which is why it is easy for us to export manufacturing jobs. I feel as though these new manufacturing jobs are good but don't really give a strong sense of security because as markets change they can become less valuable again. If michigan suddenly has a boom in health care services than I will rejoice more heavily.
ReplyDeleteI agree with "jackiejordensen" in that it's great that we have more jobs in the manufacturing sector, but we need to focus on the service sector. Michigan needs to start thinking "future" and how we are going to compete with other state economies. We have seen too much of business's packing their plants up and going to better markets where service and transportation is readily available. It's not the question of labor, Michigan shows this with high unemployment, its not a question of qualified personnel, Michigan has a bunch of college graduates looking for work, it's a matter of having the resources to adapt and welcome new business. Better transportation (i.e. rail road system, more highways, route between cities, accessible roads and destinations), better service (lawyers, doctors, housing markets, early education) and better local government will attract more jobs.
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