Within the Oregon Employment Departments OLMIS web pages there is a link to the article:
Urban And Rural: The Economy of the Two Oregon's, by Christian Kaylor.
In the article Christian claims rural Oregon counties have three economic strengths:
"...natural resources, leisure and hospitality, and government..." Supra
When did government become an economic asset by anyone's accounting method?
Despite the facts that in some ways government displays similarities to business, government has always been an economic liability. Even non-profit corporations are less of an economic liability to the populations they serve in that they at least generate or otherwise secure enough income to support their own overhead and operating expenses. Governments generate no income whatsoever (unless court imposed fines and agency fees are income) but draw upon taxation of business's, property and personal income to provide revenue for operating and overhead expenses.
By defining government as an economic asset based on the employee income, Christian Kaylor demonstrates how manipulation of the data works.
See: Volume 2, Number 5 SIGNS of the TIMES, Manipulate the Data
The purpose, in this case, apparently is to make the economic disparity between Oregon's Urban and Rural populations appear smaller than it actually is. What I do not understand, can see no clear reason for, is why? What is the purpose if not to attract people and business to move here to Oregon? If so, it's shortsighted and self-defeating.
Where would the new comers precipitate to? Logically - Urban Oregon... Wouldn't that compound the problem?