Success not very successful

Massachusetts is home of the Red Sox, the Patriots, the Celtics, and home to all of us. This is the state with the most colleges in the United States and with nearly eleven percent of the nation’s total venture investments in 2005. Yet, could these achievements be obstructive to the state? The Christian Science Monitor reported on January 9, 2007 that the Bay State is the only state that had a loss of labor force even with high-paying jobs. According to a study by Northeastern University, 120,000 employees left MA between 2003 and 2005, which is up to 1.7 percent of the labor force, making it the only state to have its labor force plummet. One of the reasons for the departure of many of the workers is the expensive housing. The need for inexpensive housing is so immense that some buyers are chosen by lottery as is the case of Tracy Moore who moved into a three-bedroom house in Jamaica Plain with her daughter. Another reason for the disappearance of the proletarians is the lack of knowledge of common trades. In this state, nearly thirty-seven percent of residents over the twenty-five years old have a bachelor's degree. There are no more people that want to take simple jobs that only require some years at a trade school instead of a college degree. Also, some people cannot find jobs located close to home because they are in places with a pricey living value.

This drop of in workforce brings us back to the Great Depression when there were not many jobs for people. People would migrate to different states in order to look for a better place to live and search for work. Sometimes the people found more affordable homes and at other times they did not. Let's hope the situation ameliorates in Massachusetts.