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October 13, 1982 - Image 7

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Michigan Citizen, 1982-10-13

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T
or for
brochure,
DET orr - Addre
Economic Club re on onday, October
4, 1982, John E. Job, Pre· ent of th
tional Urban e, called for a
ar all-type pi for America.
Jacobs ed the bu . e group to
to pport a Unive Employment
and Trainin Sy em that ould gu r -
tee productive or to all of Ameri '
job and training to the un . ed.
Such sy tern, r. J ob ·d,' ould
be an inn tment in America' future
ju building a new plant i an inve -
me t in a corporation' future".
The sy em ould be founded on "
partnership be een government, bu .­
ne , I bor and the voluntary ctor"
and th t it ould "revive the Ameri
dre of equal opportunity and econom-
ic vancernent: Jacob
He dded: "A Universal Employment­
and Trainin stem' ould not be a
m e- ork, t en program to tower
cial te . ns or to counter dips in the
e cycle. or ould it be just a
go ernment hiring program.
In tead, a Universal Employment
d Training Sf em ould be a joint
pub1ic-private effort that rebuilds our
dec ying infr ructure, meet man­
po r need of the n tion, and dr.
into the main tream the million ho
been rel ated to the margins of
iety.
thin)( of the tremendou amount
to be do in an America here
.rniIJ101!lS. are . Or nati infr
tere i fanq apart. Road and brid e
need to be r . d and rep . Our
rail sy em d port need to be revita­
lized. e need to build homes, se er
line and water sy em A decade of
di· e tment force u to re n
the economic infrastructure of Americ
if ant to gro .
"And in the proce e can clear the
eed from our eel plant d tart
producing . aiD. e can revi e our b ·c
indu tries th t e dying today. e can
pu t millions to or - p yi taxes
and buyi con mer good ."
A envi toned by r. Jacob, the
sy em ould begin in the 001 and
extend "to publi pport of priv te
training for real jobs that ould
the nation' manpo r need n. He
arned:
"This nation cannot afford to thro
ay millions of or en h skill
are outmoded. It cannot ford to thro
ay million of young people no
denied the education, he th care, and
ill that could make them important
contributor to a productive economy."
r. J ob . that it . diffi It
to put a co figure on a Universal Em­
p oyment and Training Sy em, and that
the ultimate co ould depend on it
at.
He noted, ho ever,' perhap a guide-
line might be the arshall Plan after
or d ar II that rebuilt ar-tom Europe
and co three percent of America'
gro n tional product, or th equiva nt
of $100 billion. all aid too
ten percent of the fed ral budget; tod y
that ould come to 80 billion."
Pre ntly, r. J cob ., "today's
unemployment pre nts the nation with
a hidden bill e $ 180 billion in dit­
ion to the terribl extr co of crime,
health and emotional disorders cau
by joble
-.
OCT R 13 -1',1 12 TH ell.ZEN 'AGE 7
nto
• Sou Sf xe- Seo do •
E� t
STATE
ESS
KELLY sbrted and runs
·record high unemployment
·record high govemment borro .
·recOrd h·gh interest rates
·record high busi failures
·record h gh mort� rates
·record drops in the housing industry
·record drops in the auto industry

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