Tuesday, April 11, 2006

US economy's latest output: better jobs

Another liberal economic canard bites the dust....

CSM--Newest job numbers show that businesses are expanding opportunities in high-wage fields.

The US economy isn't just producing jobs these days, it's also producing good jobs. Alongside the ads for jobs handling a cash register or a spatula are these new opportunities:

• In St. Louis, AFB International is enlisting both technicians, paid $30,000 to $40,000, and PhD scientists, offered $80,000 to $100,000, in its quest for the perfect pet food.


• In Delaware, Honeywell plans to hire people at $40,000 to $100,000 to work in a data-storage center.


• In southern California, some of the latest openings involve working on the railroad, for $35,000 to $70,000 a year. Union Pacific plans to add 2,000 employees altogether.

These reports in the past month symbolize a welcome trend during an economic expansion that at first offered only tepid job gains, both in quantity and quality.

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