Fastest-Growing Small Towns
Despite the Great Recession, these places have seen populations pop.
By Lauren Sherman, Forbes.com
Dec 9, 2010
There are certain fields that seem immune to recessionary woes. One is education. Another is sports. And of course, there's the military.
Fairbanks, Alaska, relies particularly on the last one. Home to the Fort Wainwright and Eielson military bases, median family income in Fairbanks for 2009 was $87,239 and the unemployment rate was just 6.5%, well below the national average of 9.2% for 2009.
Fastest-Growing Small Towns - Yahoo! Real Estate
Isnt military government jobs? We have to do something about this and close the bases and cut government spending.
Close the Bases and Cut the Spending
June 03, 2005
The frantic reaction to the Pentagons plans to close 33 major military facilities demonstrates how heavily government dominates modern life. Most of the reaction had nothing to do with national security. After all, it is Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld floating the proposal. Who is going to believe that he and his boss, President Bush, are weak on the military? On the contrary, they too readily see it as a panacea.
Close the Bases — and Cut the Spending by Sheldon Richman -The Price of Liberty
Despite the Great Recession, these places have seen populations pop.
By Lauren Sherman, Forbes.com
Dec 9, 2010
There are certain fields that seem immune to recessionary woes. One is education. Another is sports. And of course, there's the military.
Fairbanks, Alaska, relies particularly on the last one. Home to the Fort Wainwright and Eielson military bases, median family income in Fairbanks for 2009 was $87,239 and the unemployment rate was just 6.5%, well below the national average of 9.2% for 2009.
Fastest-Growing Small Towns - Yahoo! Real Estate
Isnt military government jobs? We have to do something about this and close the bases and cut government spending.
Close the Bases and Cut the Spending
June 03, 2005
The frantic reaction to the Pentagons plans to close 33 major military facilities demonstrates how heavily government dominates modern life. Most of the reaction had nothing to do with national security. After all, it is Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld floating the proposal. Who is going to believe that he and his boss, President Bush, are weak on the military? On the contrary, they too readily see it as a panacea.
Close the Bases — and Cut the Spending by Sheldon Richman -The Price of Liberty
