@ Stephen - The government can do infrastructure projects - bridges & highways, schools & etc., the workers are not government workers. They can also invest in research - the researchers are not government workers, and the results of the research may help to create new businesses & industries (the internet is a great example). The stimulus bill - while it was not big enough IMO, still saved over a million jobs & created another million - and the auto bailout saved another 3 million. I agree, Fair trade is the only way to go, bump up those tariffs on China & other countries where they only pay workers a dollar a day.
Stephen Irle - 13 years ago
I dislike it because government can only create government jobs. They cannot force a company to hire, but merely create the environment for business to hire. There are so many free trade agreements waiting to be ratified that American business will have a hard time surviving. Fair trade is the only way. What happened to the $787 billion stimulus that was supposed to create 3 million jobs? Nothing. Millions were lost. Until we follow a philosphy a fair trade and not free trade we will be hard pressed to survive as a nation.
@ Stephen - The government can do infrastructure projects - bridges & highways, schools & etc., the workers are not government workers. They can also invest in research - the researchers are not government workers, and the results of the research may help to create new businesses & industries (the internet is a great example). The stimulus bill - while it was not big enough IMO, still saved over a million jobs & created another million - and the auto bailout saved another 3 million. I agree, Fair trade is the only way to go, bump up those tariffs on China & other countries where they only pay workers a dollar a day.
I dislike it because government can only create government jobs. They cannot force a company to hire, but merely create the environment for business to hire. There are so many free trade agreements waiting to be ratified that American business will have a hard time surviving. Fair trade is the only way. What happened to the $787 billion stimulus that was supposed to create 3 million jobs? Nothing. Millions were lost. Until we follow a philosphy a fair trade and not free trade we will be hard pressed to survive as a nation.