Things that are Right

    Things that are right, like caring for the poor and downtrodden, like visiting the prisoner in prison. Things that are right and things that are good, these should be the aspirations of our politicians. 

   And,  making the lot of the average person better, could I do that, if elected?  I would try. I would pick at each problem, and try.

   I look at the poor from other countries. Many flee for fear of their governments, or the crime there, or from abusive spouses. Some seek but for better income. for better lives. If we would target the poor and downtrodden to help, the immigrant is as among them. 

  We could help them establish themselves once they arrive here. Often, the jobs they take are substandard. Perhaps, there are times when employers look upon them and say, Now, there is someone I can employ at low wage. They form our ghettos, often, and often the ghetto comes with crime. So, we hate them, the more.

  If we would reduce our crime, we should improve their livelihoods. Training and education and learning to speak English are part of this. I am not one quick to government spending, so I would suggest we keep as much of those things to our private sector. But, perhaps our existing Workforce Services could help track them better. Could we not keep track of each one of them and seek to place them in better jobs? Not wait for them to come in to us, but be looking for jobs to increase their salary and then calling them up and saying, Hey, found you this new job. Sometimes, it would be lateral movement, going from one job as a bricklayer to just another, except that the pay would be better. This is what our competitive markets are suppose to be all about. If we create a system where the different bricklayer employers have to vie for the services by outbidding each other, the pay is going to go up. If we have too many bricklayers and that is holding the pay down, let other jobs compete for their services, whether they be road crews or whatever. 

  Such an employment service is something that would greatly improve our society. I look at how it is said Utah ranks at the bottom in the nation in equality. Much of this is that they need more upward mobility in the job market. If we had our Workforce Services tracking each woman employee, and willing to suggest to employers that they knew a secretary who would do well as an administrator, we could perhaps end this ranking of Utah being at the bottom in equality for women.

  But, the employment agents would need to be willing to advocate for the workers. They would need to take that immigrant from Mexico, and suggest to employers that he or she, too, was capable of an administrative position. Maybe take the name, Workforce Services, and change it to, Workforce Advocates.

  With such an employment agency designed to drive the pay scale up, by increasing competition for labor, Utah's standard of living would increase for all the working class. 

 

   I run for office, the state legislature, House District 44. I do hope to do good. It is my hope. I believe most every politician wants to do well. Like me, they seek to do good.