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A call for job training

Ron Hoover Oakland
Monday November 11, 2002

To the Editor: 

 

The Republicans aren’t interested in helping people find and train for work. Once the Bush administration decided it was going to balance the budget and cut taxes at the same time, work and training didn’t look as appealing. Its answer was to drop the money from helping people find work and let the individual states do whatever they wanted. The states have every incentive to start a race to the bottom - any state that offers extra job assistance or extra cash will attract unwanted poor people from other states. 

 

Ron Hoover 

Oakland