Washington State has to play the add-value card, not low-cost-leader ace-Response

 I believe that the “Washington State has to play the add-value card, not low-cost-leader ace” article is very thought provoking.  I Agree with John Talton when he says that Washington is “stuck in the slowing growth of middle-class incomes, declining benefits and, through most of the 2000s, stagnant wages.” It seems that the Puget Sound area has been great with large companies here such as Boeing and Microsoft but it is very hard to compete with other cities or countries out there that will work for cheaper. I completely agree that “Boeing is a wakeup call” and that the “Puget Sound can’t win against pure cheap. It must create and add value.” Now that Boeing is creating a new plant in South Carolina and we know how much that will affect Washington State we need to do something before other large companies start to move out of this area.  I feel that in a time like this we really can’t start cutting education funding for universities and educational programs because those are what we need for future in Washington State. We don’t want graduates from Washington moving out of this area. I feel that in times like this we really need to draw people to the Seattle area. At the same time it is very hard with these disruptive changes going on because many people are out of jobs and the Seattle area does have a pretty high cost of living expense. I believe that if we continue promoting education and create a great place to live then economy in Seattle will start growing.

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