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May The Force Be With Us...

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...WORKforce, That Is   The American workforce is our mightiest infrastructure element!  Whether a member thereof is a nurse, a truck driver, a Python coder, an agriculture stoop laborer, a cop, a teacher.... on and on... they are part of the vast human asset we call The Workforce.   For top productivity, inventiveness, diligence at work, i.e. world competitiveness , our Workforce should be a great one:   Healthy, educated, motivated, confident, honest, dedicated, and patriotic. It has high morale. It works hard and is productive.  It is creative and great at solving problems. It works together effectively as teams, large and small, and as individuals. Show me a national workforce that meets those definitions, and I will show you a nation enjoying success, progress, and prosperity. Now look at the American workforce. Some of it fits that "great" definition; much does not. Truth is, it MUST to be great enough for the huge competition facing us with China. We...

Nurturing Our Greatest Asset? Not So Much.

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The Greatest Asset Any Country Has Is Its... WORKFORCE! This is what makes America run: hard working, well trained, highly motivated, dedicated WORKERS! Just contemplate what makes up the United States workforce.  These are just the M s and the S s It's pretty mind blowing to see the longer list , A to Z.   And it takes ALL these people, doing ALL these jobs and doing them well for our nation to get its business done. I.e. our workforce has got to be the best in the world for America to keep being the great place to live, raise families, and be the envy of the world for what we can do and what we stand for. A great workforce must be: Paid adequately Healthy Well educated Well Trained Treated fairly Given opportunity and Have high morale Who is making sure America continues to have a great workforce?  Is it the Department of Labor? (Pshaw!) Is it Big Business? (Some yes, lots of no) Is it Small Business? (As best they c...