| I try to post about issues I have some knowledge and Economic Developmetn and business are two areas that interest me. Why or why is this state continueing to WASTE STIMULUS MONEY on projects that are not true and tested and behind the TECHNOLOGY MARKET. And using thousands of dollars for a NEW HAT , at this time is just a waste of money. I JUST WANNA SAY! This high paying job should go to someone in Kentucky. At this time, in our economy there are no magic wands. We are tough times and expansions and new factories are at a stand still due to the EPA laws and Labor laws where LABOR is much cheaper, (child labor in many cases) as long as the market is one sided, it favors lower pay scale in third world countries.With little consideration for the tax on imports and jobs leaving North America. Having a BIG TIME ED person will not help the cause in attracting new industry. Look at where most investments went last year by Fortune 500. CHINA. Who is the current banker for the USA? CHINA and JAPAN. As long as the government allow this one sided economic development to continue to occur by GREEDY FORTUNE 500, in the name of Stockholders Profits . . . nothing will change. The best bang for our BUCK, AT THIS TIME, would be to help to create new business inside of Kentucky. The Governor said he was for this idea, but have not seen much to demonstrate other than a VERY DANGEROUS three wheel, battery operated, three wheel motorcycle. Save the money .. . Work on inside Kentucky expansions and creating new corporations. That is our best shot at producing more new jobs. I would like to see a break down of the skills needed for the alleged two thousand jobs at the proposed NEW BATTERY SCIENCE CENTER AND PRODUCTION FACILITIES. (The Asians are far ahead in this technology) Would it be better to partner with corporation that has some proven technology and patents, (Asian) or just start over, take the science from ASIA, by stealing, then, than to committ to a project that starts with others science and then tries to make new discoveries? If it such a good deal, and the jobs are worthy of one billion dollars in stimulus money, then show Kentucky citizens how the labor market will break out for the proposed, too late technology, for a battery plant. Toxic waste is a big problem for a battery factory. We may get, but what do we have to compromise to get it? Jim Anderson Stivers |
