Specific action plan for immediate job creation
A Strategy for Oregon's Economic Prosperity
The Governor must take action now to put people back to work and reduce Oregon’s high unemployment rate. The reality is that there are no silver bullets, it will take time to get Oregon back to low unemployment and the state has limited resources to fund this effort. Rather than an excuse, this reality simply means we have to act much more aggressively now in order to minimize delays on a number of innovative efforts since no one thing will be sufficient. One of the most important guides for recovery will be to insure that Oregon’s private sector businesses and the Governor are working together to target priority recovery efforts and create jobs. Furthermore, our immediate actions must be consistent with Oregon’s long-term economic plan.
Immediate actions we can take to put more Oregonians back to work quickly include:
These six specific actions for stimulating job growth will help us create jobs today. There are certainly other immediate job creation strategies that should be considered as well but those listed above have been carefully considered for their potential to quickly create jobs and stimulate economic activity. No matter how successful these efforts are, however, they will not in themselves bring about the economic transition that Oregon needs. For that to happen we must also pursue two long term strategies to create the jobs and stable economy of the future:
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Diversify Oregon’s economy with a four-part economic development strategy.
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Create the fundamental conditions for long-term job creation and prosperity.
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These position papers are “dynamic” and will develop and expand as the ideas and strategies of Oregonians to help achieve the vision are incorporated. Please submit any ideas or comments you have to JohnKitzhaber.com/jobs.
