China Took Austin's Jobs

By sarajean on 3/24/10 3:05am
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Every time people complain about immigrants “stealing” our jobs, it always conjures images of rednecks from South Park wailing, “They took our joooooobs!” (Of course, depending on who’s speaking, it might sound like, “De derk de derrrr!”)

The argument, of course, has no logic, seeing as most immigrants work in jobs that Americans deem beneath them, are paid very little without benefits, and actually contribute to society more than many citizens do. In fact, along with many other myths about immigrants, this one has been proven false. The U.S. Department of Labor has reported that immigration actually stimulates the economy, and that states with high populations of immigrants have lower rates of unemployment. (So maybe the solution is to open the immigration gates for all? Hmmm…)

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Employment in Austin Texas

By dubayns on 10/29/09 8:29pm
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Austin Texas has found itself to be quite an attractive place for tech firms to park their headquarters.  Over the past decade, companies like Dell, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor have helped to give the Austin economy what it needs to perform on a national stage.  The city has also been a hotspot for college and university-related jobs and activities, owing nearly 100,000 jobs to these sectors.  But recently Austin has been really feeling the pinch of the economic downturn and has had to begin to take a new look at how it monitors and makes changes relative to the health if its local economy.

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