http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/11/unemployment/ ...now tell me yours Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:51:53 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/11/unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Dr. Christopher Wood Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:12:23 +0000 http://www.thisismytruth.org/?p=539#comment-519 Wales is already top heavy with publically funded jobs, but I agree that Wales has the talent to generate jobs - just that WAG isn't focused on ways of utililizing that talent to generate private sector jobs. So Wales 'enjoys' high unemployment and is at the bottom of major economic league tables - "take that' GVA issue - Wales has one of the lowest average GVA ratings in the UK. (Gross value added). Much of the GDP in Wales is public sector related. Welsh people have to decide if they want to continue to 'enjoy' low living standards or vote for 'change the Welsh can believe in'. Meaning: turning Welsh innovation into commercial R&D to capture new markets. WAG has had 10 years to being to understand that real job creation comes from capturing new markets - the Deputy First Minister has (finally) started to realize that - but what is he going to do about it? Just yap on about it? Or will he prioritize spending on helping Welsh innovators turn their ideas into jobs for Welsh people? Wales is already top heavy with publically funded jobs, but I agree that Wales has the talent to generate jobs – just that WAG isn’t focused on ways of utililizing that talent to generate private sector jobs. So Wales ‘enjoys’ high unemployment and is at the bottom of major economic league tables – “take that’ GVA issue – Wales has one of the lowest average GVA ratings in the UK. (Gross value added). Much of the GDP in Wales is public sector related. Welsh people have to decide if they want to continue to ‘enjoy’ low living standards or vote for ‘change the Welsh can believe in’. Meaning: turning Welsh innovation into commercial R&D to capture new markets. WAG has had 10 years to being to understand that real job creation comes from capturing new markets – the Deputy First Minister has (finally) started to realize that – but what is he going to do about it? Just yap on about it? Or will he prioritize spending on helping Welsh innovators turn their ideas into jobs for Welsh people?

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