Reply #18: The question is not 2010

[AllentownJake]

If you put 700 billion into creating government jobs for two years, you will create jobs. The question is

1) Does the state have the revenues to keep those jobs when the initial money runs out?
2) Where do those people go after the stimulus money has been spent?


They have a few months to answer said questions.

Here is the reality, most of the stimulus job creation has occurred by hiring state workers. The states all have budget problems. When the federal money runs out, these are the first jobs that go in their own austerity projects to prevent them from defaulting on their debt, unless there is a boost in revenue to the states from somewhere.