It's not like employers are keen on training anywhere else in the US either.
American business executives have become culturally short-sighted and the unwillingness to train is part of that.
Although I do not live in the US, I gather that like many countries I have lived in is the view is that training is no longer such a large responsibility of the employer and is rather costly.
However in my travels and work in Asia, there is a concept of bonding in many countries where an employee is offered a job and training and in return agrees to work for a company for X amount of time or pays the employer. This reduces the overhead in regards to the cost of training.
Well I have seen it in ; Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia. (note: when I refer to Asia, it is the SEA section)
Hey it's your employer so maybe you should speak to them. It is not an unusual practice.