http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/brinkmann-on-business/os-puerto-rico-jobs-economy-20171001-story.html
Puerto Rican migration could impact Orlando jobs, economy
Everybody is aware of the fact that Texas and Florida suffered significant damage due to the chain of natural disasters this summer. Puerto Rico, actually, has been desecrated as much as the two states of the United States. The Puerto Ricans are crossing over to Orlando to escape their abysmal situation. Thousands of them will be entering the USA, and, luckily, preparations were taking place to accept them.
Puerto Rico was suffering with its stagnating economy, hence the citizens were leaving to the United States. The influx of Puerto Ricans is not abnormal in America. However, hurricane Maria has defaced their lands. The Puerto Ricans could not have safe, filtered water nor electricity. The US government's efforts were not very sincere in aiding Puerto Rico. They took too long to acknowledge the impact of hurricane Maria to Puerto Rico.
Local agencies of Orlando, such as CareerSource is devising a contingency plan to assimilate the Puerto Ricans into the society. In the past, economy of the city lagged initially, but reverted back to normal after some time. The inflow of a large number of Puerto Ricans will increase the supply of labor, which may help with the shortage of workers after the disaster. The state has been educating the immigrants to be able to use English more fluently, in order to do well in jobs.
I think the assistances coming from Orlando towards the Puerto Ricans who are entering the city may actually be helping out the state in general, and thus the economy of it. If there were no plans in receiving the Puerto Ricans, the aftereffect of the hurricane would have affected the states even more drastically. The circumstances would have been chaotic instead of helpful after the natural disaster hit the states.
The migration of the Puerto Ricans into Florida could be very beneficial for our recovery process. Both sides (USA and the immigrants) will be helped by this. The recovery agencies can hire cheap labor which will save them money and decrease unemployment. Yes, the real wage of the domestic workers may decrease, however, there should still be opportunity for them to find decent jobs. I was surprised to hear that the U.S. did not help out Puerto Rico ASAP; I thought that could be an opportunity for us to grow our relations with them. I do understand that assisting Puerto Rico may be timely and costly. As we well know:time=money. The benefits may not have outweighed the expenses for President Trump and his team.
ReplyDeleteThe influx of Puerto Ricans into Florida could also over time increase GDP--once they are employed, and able to consume goods and services.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think it's good that Orlando is taking action, because the policies being put in place could speed up this process.
That is--if Puerto Rico's GDP isn't already counted towards US GDP.