Winston-Salem Journal editorial on the federal government’s short-term job program:
The program demanded considerable oversight and planning. It appears almost certain that new county employees would have had to be hired for, or that existing employees reassigned to, this task.
If the local officials are right, then it appears that the Congress established a program that was sure to fail. Local governments got only a short time to get their programs operating, and there were considerable restrictions on eligibility. As one county manager said in news reports, it was a case of “false economics” for the government agencies.
False economics — that pretty much describes the stimulus. And still the Journal chastises the state of North Carolina for its reluctance to participate.
