CA has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, so receiving the stimulus money to put currently unemployed workers back into the workforce is important. However, there is a disconnect between the theory and the application of the economic stimulus program.
Joshua Tree National Park is up the hill. A contract was approved to repave the roads throughout the park using stimulus money. The contract was awarded to an Arizona paving company.
If I were running the economic stimulus program, here are two changes I would make:(1) award the contract to a contractor in the state where the work is to be done; (2) hire unemployed individuals to work on the project.
With these 2 minor changes, we'd have both economic stimulus in a state that needs it and unemployed workers working again!
What good is an economic stimulus program for unemployed CA workers if it imports AZ workers who live in and will spend the money in AZ?
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