That figure includes $500 million in federal stimulus funding for workforce retraining and a $134 million state-funded increase in financial aid for students.
So in addition to a retraining push, a sensible set of policies would shift the landscape of job creation.
Riot, you’ll like it: Embracing “The Purge” Like all Americans, I had a choice this weekend as to how I was going to exorcise my lingering socioeconomic malaise. And like most Americans, I opted for “slaughter of the innocent” over “creative retraining.” At this point, it looks as if the weekend box office will be won by The Purge, the “speculative thriller” in which a near-future America ensures peace and prosperity by allowing its ...
June 8, 2013 - Orlando Weekly
Merrimack Valley Police Log The following items were taken from area police logs: HAVERHILL Wednesday :Loud music: 33 Oak Terrace, 12:47 a.m. Arrest: Michael Burns, 21, 57 Franklin St., violating a retraining order, 57 Franklin St., 1:30 a.m. Motor vehicle vandalized: 40 Lock
June 8, 2013 - The Eagle-Tribune
Barack Obama in USA Today He said the results are showing up "in auto towns across America -- from the factories being put back to use years ahead of schedule to the workers retraining for jobs in emerging industries."
John McCain in USA Today Acknowledging that some Americans do lose jobs "to foreign competition," McCain said he has proposed "a comprehensive reform of our unemployment insurance and worker retraining programs."
Gary Schaer in NJ.com (blog) It enhances our classrooms and provides retraining for people who have lost their jobs,said Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Passaic), one of the sponsors. "It also costs the New Jersey taxpayer zero dollars. If it's possible to have a...