(PIC)<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. That's old news. The question is: What are we going to do about it?

One thing is for sure: We wholeheartedly agree with State Senator Tom McInnes, who states: "The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working: we’re going to have to work together with our public schools and community colleges to offer 21st century curricula for the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.”

Despite attempts by numerous County Economic Development gurus, the fact is Scotland County will never again have a manufacturing or industrial base unless we're willing to undercut Mexico's state of the art plants which pay $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, which has caused many factories to relocate to cheaper Vietnam.

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<blockquote>"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id="KonaLink0" class="kLink" href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#"><span style="color: #595959;"><span class="kLink">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status" target="_blank">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>
This article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status

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