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Reply to "How would you solve our unemployment problem?"

Most of what I am reading here has to do with government jobs and money the government can spend to help but that's not the answer.
One thing that is helping a little is that at the moment there are some tax breaks for hiring from the ranks of the unemployed but for the most part the part our government can do is lighten up some of the burden they put on business and get out of the way.
I know several employers who are afraid to add full time help right now but could often use short term help. The problem with hiring short term help is that employers will get raped on their experiance ratings (experiance ratings are what is used to determine the percentage of an employees pay that an employer must pay in unemployment tax). If employers could get a little break on that point alone, a lot of temp jobs would immediatly be created that would also help employers get to a point where they can comfortably hire more permanent help.
Want to know whay jobs go overseas? In my case, I started operating in Mexico and importing from China not only because of the lower wages but also because of there is a lot less paperwork, a lot fewer regulations,and last but not least...a lot more skilled labor for our industry than what is available here. When I talk about regulations I am not talking about commen sense stuff, I am talking about the little things such as the $1000.00 fine I once got from OSHA for not having exit signs above all the doors. I guess they think that in a small company that the people working there everyday don't know how to get out the doors without a sign, if they think such a thing perhaps they should have shown up around quitting time to see just how fast everyone really could get out of there. No corner guards on a desk in the office? I think that fine was around 500. I could see that if it were a kindergarten class but I have never heard of an employee getting hurt by their desk.
If the government wants to help bring jobs back from other countries and encourage more hiring then they should spend more on education and training and spend less on nitpicking and nickel & diming employers to death.

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