Yes, and then after you fix those potholes you get to get laid off again.I'm delighted to hear it.
In Michigan, a lot of stimulus money has gone into long overdue road improvement projects. There's more construction here than at any time anyone can remember, and it has started much later in the year than usual as the funds didn't become available until midsummer.
In the short term it's a pain in the ass since driving can be hell, particularly with winter around the corner which always slows the traffic flow down anyway, but we'll all be grateful in the long term for fewer potholes.
Yeah, with 15%+ unemployment, Michigan's biggest problem by far is too many potholes
At last.
You're quite right of course. The issue isn't the potholes at all. It's how the funds are being used.
I was wondering when someone would actually point out that, as far as construction is concerned anyway, this is short term labor not a self-sustaining professional position.
If all that was needed was to keep someone off unemployment temporarily, $787 billion would have paid for (if my math is right) over 3 million people to sit on their hands for 2 years at an annual salary of $100,000. And what happens at the end of the 2 years? See the second post. "Phase 2" will create another 'yellow brick road' for a few hundred thousand to amble along just at the time the elections are due.
Potholes are still a problem in Michigan, BTW. They're not worth $787 billion, but they're a problem all the same.