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Yesterday I was reading an article in the Mercury about the governor's signing and veoting of bills, and reported that he had rejected an anti-offshoring one because "[he thought] California should not focus on 'erecting artificial barries that will thwart the spririt of our citizens and the businesses that help our economy grow.' "
I am at a total loss to understand this reasoning. It seems like complete illogic to me. The basis of an economy is people spending money to buy shit. It's pretty hard to do that if you don't have money to spend, and the usual way of getting it is having a job. So doesn't decreasing the available number of jobs rather "thwart the spirit" of encouraging said spending?
I am at a total loss to understand this reasoning. It seems like complete illogic to me. The basis of an economy is people spending money to buy shit. It's pretty hard to do that if you don't have money to spend, and the usual way of getting it is having a job. So doesn't decreasing the available number of jobs rather "thwart the spirit" of encouraging said spending?
