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Fox News ?!?!?!? [1]

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Date: 2024-06-20  

This headline and article on Fox News Buiseness website caused me to double check to be sure I hadn't been somehow redirected to another site:

Construction booming across Arizona, causing employment rates in the industry to soar The construction industry has grown by more than 250,000 workers since last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

In the article high praise is given to the Job Corps, a government program started by the Kennedy administration in 1963 and finalized by Johnson's in 1964.

From the article:

Gretchen Kinsella, leader of DPR Construction's Arizona Business Unit, said the Phoenix-metro area has been deemed the Electric Valley because a lot of new companies are moving into the area with the focus of "building a new industry." "No line of sight to any lack of needs in our industry when it comes to professional and skilled labor workforce… and with all of the work in the valley, we are continuing to connect and partner with organizations that support workforce development – Job Corps being one of those," Kinsella said.

Austin McCabe, who had previouly been employed as an electrician but had lost his job and was looking for work says:

"I found out about Job Corps...They give you training, get you to finish your high school diploma, and they get you a new driver's license, which I still needed at the time...I was still part of Job Corps while I first joined DPR. So, like a six-week onboarding. Afterwards – DPR – they liked what I was doing when I worked [at Job Corps], so they hired me on full time," he said.

I figured a Fox article raving about an employment boom being fueled by a socialist government program is such a rarity that I thought I'd share it.

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