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Education and health care make up more than half of statewide spending and Dayton is increasingly reliant on jobs in these fields that could be at risk as the state looks to trim an $8 billion budget deficit next year.
More than one-third of all jobs in the Dayton area fall into the categories sometimes referred to as "Eds, Meds and Feds" meaning hospitals, schools and government-related work, according to data by the U.S. Department of Labor.See the full content of this document
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Reliance On Taxpayer Funded Jobs Could Hurt Dayton
The driving force behind this reliance is losses in other areas, such as manufacturing, instead of large increases in the number of taxpayer-funded workers. Economic and development experts say these fields are ty...
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