Davidson: Financial Literacy Must Be Taught To Farm Workers

Washington state’s Treasure says he would like to step up efforts to provide financial literacy to those not served adequately by the K-12 education system.  One, such population is the military, the second is migrant workers.  Treasure Duane Davidson said there are many instances where Central Washington’s migrant population is being fleeced.

“A lot of times, there’s an apprehension on their part of going to local authorities when they’ve been wronged.  We have ways of getting financial information to that segment of society so they are not taken advantage of in the high degree that I think that they are.”

Davidson, the former Benton County Treasure said he’s seen cases where mobile homes sold when no title or paperwork existed.  He added those activities must stop.  And Davidson said the agriculture community supports his effort.

“Leaders in the Agriculture Industry acknowledge this is a problem and are supportive of helping efforts to get information to people so they are not taken advantage of in those kinds of situations," Davidson noted.

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