Just another The Spurlocks… weblog

In an article about President elect Barack Obama has committed to a fiscal package that focuses on transportation, energy solutions, broadband access, among other things.

In recent reports it was announced that the unemployment rates had risen to 6.7%. While this number is concerning, it was brought to my attention that within that statistic the percentage of unemployment among college graduates remained relatively stagnant. Unemployment for those with only a high school diploma 0.5% and percentage of high school dropouts rose 2.9%. While this seems mundane, I believe that it should be addressed within a stimulus.

We received a stimulus last year that solved nothing. It was poorly planned and researched. If the Government was to issue another it should be focused on this group of people, the unskilled workers. Investing in skills will do a lot in the long run.

The author of the article threw out some ideas that to address this group we could institute a sort of pell grant voucher. This may not be the answer, but something to bring the unskilled workers and invest to their futures.