Bright Bulb: Anne Arundel Health Department workers Wednesday will begin tossing treats to every raccoon they can find. No, it’s not wildlife appreciation day. It’s to slow the spread of rabies. The treats have an oral vaccine. The county has had three of the 174 confirmed rabid raccoon cases this year in Maryland. This makes up well over half of 270 rabid animal cases in the state.
OUTRAGE: Jobless, hire-less
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- Who: Those who don’t keep up
- What: Even as Maryland reports an increase in unemployment from 4.2 percent in June to 4.6 percent in July, 59 percent of hiring managers report “a shortage of qualified workers” as their primary recruiting challenge. That’s up 7 points since last year.
- Why it’s a bad idea: You don’t need to be a genius to figure this one out. More people out of work in a recessing economy means lower tax revenues, higher demand for government services and a shortage of qualified workers that at the same time is the No. 1 impediment to the economic growth that could put more people to work and raise tax revenues. It’s the economic death spiral. You can bet bureaucrats are blaming business.
- Why they are doing it: Because blaming those who actually pay the taxes that pay the bureaucrats’ salaries is the reliable diversionary tactic. Then maybe citizens won’t notice that all the expensive retraining and workplace development programs haven’t exactly been a smashing success.
- Where to make a difference: dllr.state.md.us/employment
Quote of the day
“I think that they are supportive of our military regardless of the war. … You don’t have to love the war. You don’t have to love the commander in chief. Here is a way to provide a tangible thank you to the men and women who serve voluntarily in the armed forces.”
– Chris Randolph, president of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation.
