<pre><tt>Chas writes,<br><br>"I believe you, Donovan, as I've heard this said by people I trust many<br>times before. Still, I don't understand why this is so; does economic<br>growth mean we have to continually attract new business to Moscow<br>(which would unavoidably seem to increase the population, to me), or<br>does it have some other meaning?"<br><br>Chas,<br> <br>I think you believe the false premise that businesses must increase the number<br>of workers to be more profitable.<br><br>I don't think that is the case. In fact, I think often the opposite is true.<br>Look at farming. Our production is way higher than in 1906. Yet there are far<br>fewer workers in farming. The economy is better because farming became efficient, and people did<br>something else besides farming. They became manufacturers, bankers, teachers,<br>lawyers, doctors, nurses, construction workers, etc. <br><br>The idea is to continually replace low paying less profitable jobs, like farming
and retail, <br>with higher paying more profitable jobs. Seattle is a perfect example. Computers<br>make more money than working in retail, or fishing. <br><br>I think Latah should mine its clay. That would bring lots of wealth to the community.<br>wealth from outside the community, even in from outside the country.<br><br>The danger that Moscow and Latah is facing is negative population growth. UI and<br>Latah are both losing population. That hurts property values in outlying cities and<br>hurts Moscow went UI loses population. <br><br>Take Care,<br><br>_DJA<br><br> <br><br><br></tt></pre> <br><br><b><i>Chasuk <chasuk@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On 4/24/06, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 @yahoo.com=""> wrote:<br><br>> There are two different types of growth. One is economic, the other is<br>> population growth. Economically we have to
grow, that is what generates<br>> wealth for the community. If our community has zero economic development,<br>> that would mean the standard of living in Moscow would decline as the cost<br>> of housing, energy, health care, and other goods and services increased and<br>> Moscow remained economically stagnant.<br><br>I believe you, Donovan, as I've heard this said by people I trust many<br>times before. Still, I don't understand why this is so; does economic<br>growth mean we have to continually attract new business to Moscow<br>(which would unavoidably seem to increase the population, to me), or<br>does it have some other meaning?<br><br>_____________________________________________________<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br>
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