Still Making Furniture in Virginia
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The thing about virtually all manufacturing whether in this country or overseas is that automation is totally changing how much manual labor is needed – even if it is relatively cheap labor. The bottom line is that they need less people so you may well still have a manufacturing operation but it will employ only a handful of people compared to the past – and the people it does employee are more highly educated and skilled.. there is less demand for unskilled labor.
There’s no real solution to that other than a smaller labor force unless efforts are made to bring in more automated factories and that goes to what Mr.. Moret has been advocating – a more highly skilled workforce and incentives.
It’s good to see folks like Mr. Basset who has clearly kept up with the times and the folks who work for him and have jobs are fortunate for his efforts.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City report estimates Colorado’s marijuana industry currently employs approximately 18,000 full-time equivalent staff, a 17.7 percent increase over the previous year.
Virginia is more populous than Colorado by quite a lot. Those 18,000 marijuana jobs in Colorado could translate to 25,000 or so jobs in Virginia.
Virginia should legalize recreational marijuana use but only license the growth and post-production in places like Danville which have long needed some help. Legal marijuana is pretty high tech with the way the crop is grown and the development of disposable THC vape pens, edibles and drinkables.
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As Virginia continues it’s trend toward Blue – Casinos and Marianna are sure to follow as will revenues from them.
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Agree, although I see more of a libertarian streak that red vs blue on these matters. Few people consider Alaska a liberal place. The problem with casinos is that you can’t outsource the business away from population centers. You can try to import gamblers (like Las Vegas does) or you can locate casinos near the places where people with high disposable incomes live (like MGM Grand at Washington Harbor). You just can’t build casinos in places like Alta Vista and expect people to just show up. Attempts to use gambling to “clean up” economically troubled areas seem to have generally failed (see: Atlantic City, NJ).
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