The article you linked references Obama's plan for 'Rebuilding America' by spending money to repair roads, dams, bridges, schools etc, all parts of our infrastructure that require upkeep, regardless. Eventually, we
have to repair roads, it's inevitable due to the very nature of what a road is and how necessary they are.
The thinking was oriented towards creating jobs in the construction industry because:
1) There is a need for jobs
2) There is a need for the aforementioned infrastructure to be maintained
It is sound reasoning. The article you linked stated that jobs that are typically held by males have been hardest hit in terms of job loss, whereas jobs that typically have more females are relatively secure for the most part.
Many jobs that are typically regarded as 'man jobs' have been lost, at a much higher rate than that of women. The article states that when the stimulus was being put into effect, special interest groups of females on the workforce and feminists in general intervened, expressed dissatisfaction with how little focus was being given to the issues facing female workers.
More or less, a non-issue was made into an issue, and the effectiveness of the stimulus plan was diminished because we had to create jobs for female workers that hadn't really been lost in the first place, and resources that could have been better utilized creating jobs for males were lost and wasted.
My post was relevant to the article you linked because it is a multidimensional issue. The article only deals with one aspect of it.
My personal thoughts and experiences, based on the article at the bottom as well as personal interactions with a variety of people:
In addition to existing male members of the workforce losing their jobs, demand for construction and manufacturing / skilled trade workers is expected to grow. There are a lot of baby boomers retiring and leaving the work force as it is, and as I mentioned there exists a social stigma for blue collar jobs being 'not desirable' for whatever reason. So much emphasis is placed on college education, doctors, lawyers, engineers and IT professions.
So what has happened is we have a rising demand for people to fill the roles currently being undertaken by skilled tradesmen that are of the baby boomer era, and a mentality that shuns these types of jobs as being 'bad jobs.'
Here's a link to an article I've recently read which is why the issue was fresh on my mind.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/16/smallbusiness/manufacturing_jobs/index.htmI hope this has satisfied your requirements for an explanation.
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Not really, I'm just tired of your petty back and forth bullshit.
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