tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236405782975490260.post3301648464767578437..comments2024-03-20T22:55:32.772-07:00Comments on Valley Economy: Marginal Changes: A comment on farm job estimatesJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10344751623916759400noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236405782975490260.post-20847596690796869852009-09-07T21:42:12.725-07:002009-09-07T21:42:12.725-07:00I wish I were blogging for money. For your inform...I wish I were blogging for money. For your information, my total compensation from special interests for commenting on the water=jobs issue is a bumpersticker and 1 free lunch. The economists making money on this issue are all working on the other side. I suppose that I am being paid to look into the issue, because a large part of my regular job is to study and forecast employment trends in the Central Valley for the benefit of the public and business community. So, by correcting the false information, I am just doing my job.<br /><br />As for the direct criticism, I am accounting for indirect job losses and I believe this is clear in this post and in the "fish or foreclosure" paper. Click the link and read it yourself. <br /><br />If you think the Smelt restriction has caused 40,000 lost jobs, I recommend you look at the Berkeley Economic Consulting Study posted on the Coaliton for Sustainable Delta Study. They estimate an average of 720 lost jobs for the Smelt, with higher numbers in drought year like the present, and lower numbers in most other years. That study was paid for by water exporters, including MET, Kern, Westlands, San Luis, etc. <br /><br />Yes, the irrigators own consultants know that the 40,000 lost jobs because of a 2-inch fish is about 40x too high. The UC-Davis researchers who have been responsible for the big job loss numbers all along are now saying 15-20,000 on their 3rd revision of these estimates; and even they say only about 25% of this is due to the Smelt.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10344751623916759400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236405782975490260.post-84159653366856553392009-09-07T19:10:40.487-07:002009-09-07T19:10:40.487-07:00Spin, spin, spin! It's obvious you are bloggin...Spin, spin, spin! It's obvious you are blogging for money. How much do you get from the lobbyists and special interest groups? Everyone knows the true estimate of job loss is not regulated to actual "farm workers" and your relation to that in your blog makes the reality of your falsifications easily identifiable. Special interests fuel your wallet and that's too bad. The fact is that the government has allowed human suffering over that of a three inch fish. The government has put 40,000 able body workers out of jobs and thats not only sick it's making Californias rise up and say enough is enough. This state was founded off the backs of farmers, loggers, miners. The reality is that we are aware of the divide and conquer technique of the environmental extremists, and liberal legislature which are killing Californias small business by regulating us out of business. We the people have had it and will no longer let the minority of extremeist rule our state. We are taking it back for the small business. SAC929.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com