[Locomotive Breath]

NC ping

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And if one goes to New England you can see the landscape littered with closed down textile mills because the jobs fled to the third world. Except that was 100 years ago and the third world was NC. Let’s get our people educated and then we won’t have to worry about those crappy jobs going away.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Except that was 100 years ago and the third world was NC."

Right sentiment, not quite right time frame. More like fifty years ago.

[SuziQ]

Let’s get our people educated and then we won’t have to worry about those crappy jobs going away.

That seemed like the major point of the article. Most of the workers mentioned were all barely educated folks working in the same mills their Mama's had worked in, and making a fairly ok living. The woman mentioned near the end of the article realized she wanted something more, so she enrolled in the Community College and got trained for it!.

The newer 'manufacturing' jobs in biotech, etc pay more, but require more education. Since the Community Colleges have already started programs for that, there's no excuse for those folks NOT to get themselves educated for these new jobs. Community college education is not expensive, and there is a lot of Financial Aid available, especially for folks training for new jobs.