[Vision2020] education and economic development

[Ron Force]

The lengthy readers' comments in the Statesman were also worth a read. Some of the themes:

1. High tech companies want to hire only people who meet their immediate needs.
2. Idaho tech companies aren't willing to pay the wage prevailing in other markets to attract out-of-state applicants..
3. Boise high-tech companies (Micron, H-P, etc.) have a reputation for outsourcing jobs to foreign countries.
4. There aren't enough jobs in the Boise area to provide other opportunities in case one's job is outsourced.
5. Recent technology graduates claim they can't get an interview with the complaining companies.
6. The legislature is exclusively focused on agriculture, forestry, ranching, and mining. They don't care about high tech.
7. Kempthorne started a Science/Technology Advisory Council; Otter abolished it, and the subject has disappeared from his priorities.

One of the better quips:


Replying to StateOfAda (06/03/2010 10:40:03 AM):
"Idaho is rapidly becoming the 
deep south of the west. The only thing keeping Idaho education from 
being number 50 is Mississippi. The brain drain has begun. Idaho kids 
are moving away to WA and OR for opportunities that simply do not exist 
here. This "right wing nirvana" is exactly that and the...":
shaman wrote on 06/04/2010 09:07:24 AM: 
We may be 49th in Education, but at least we're 1st in the number of new individuals receiving Food Stamps...
Ron Force
Moscow ID USA



      
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