Today, the local, state and federal governments have job training programs. There is a lot of duplication in the system - making it inefficient.
Looking at Germany - they have a lot of trade schools and apprenticeship programs in addition to colleges. Although Germany pays for this using tax money (Socialism) - the US needs to have a more "fair market" approach. We need to support small businesses to do some of this.
Let's call this program The USA Sponsored Apprentice Program (aptly named for the times!).
This is how it works - a (small) company would hire someone for minimum wage. The government would "sponsor" that person - which means they would double (or more) his wages plus enroll them in health care.
The small business owner gets to expand his workforce for less money - but he still pays taxes/workman's comp/etc. on the workers paycheck (so its not like he's getting a worker "for free").
The US government benefits because they can spend money and actually fix something. Instead of having gang members, you would have young people working - plumbers,electrical,computer, etc. - and making a decent wage. They would be building a resume - which is something they can't do now.
It wouldn't be forever either. Maybe ages 17-25. By then they should have plenty of experience to find good jobs. Hopefully they learn fast and leave the program on their own - for more money in their pocket!
Isn't this what Conservatives would like? A limited program to actually get people on their feet so they can live the American Dream?
As for the different job training programs, The Program USASAP would find out where the demand is for jobs and make sure the training programs were teaching for those jobs. In that way, if you found out you needed plumbers - and all of the plumbers could use more workers - but one rookie (USASAP) on the team is enough - you could start training plumbers in those programs, and they could join the workforce in 2 years (or less).
USASAP is always looking at data to make sure that 1. Citizens in need are helped and, 2. Small business is fostered.
Looking at Germany - they have a lot of trade schools and apprenticeship programs in addition to colleges. Although Germany pays for this using tax money (Socialism) - the US needs to have a more "fair market" approach. We need to support small businesses to do some of this.
Let's call this program The USA Sponsored Apprentice Program (aptly named for the times!).
This is how it works - a (small) company would hire someone for minimum wage. The government would "sponsor" that person - which means they would double (or more) his wages plus enroll them in health care.
The small business owner gets to expand his workforce for less money - but he still pays taxes/workman's comp/etc. on the workers paycheck (so its not like he's getting a worker "for free").
The US government benefits because they can spend money and actually fix something. Instead of having gang members, you would have young people working - plumbers,electrical,computer, etc. - and making a decent wage. They would be building a resume - which is something they can't do now.
It wouldn't be forever either. Maybe ages 17-25. By then they should have plenty of experience to find good jobs. Hopefully they learn fast and leave the program on their own - for more money in their pocket!
Isn't this what Conservatives would like? A limited program to actually get people on their feet so they can live the American Dream?
As for the different job training programs, The Program USASAP would find out where the demand is for jobs and make sure the training programs were teaching for those jobs. In that way, if you found out you needed plumbers - and all of the plumbers could use more workers - but one rookie (USASAP) on the team is enough - you could start training plumbers in those programs, and they could join the workforce in 2 years (or less).
USASAP is always looking at data to make sure that 1. Citizens in need are helped and, 2. Small business is fostered.
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