It's like an arms race, but with jobs. Gov. Granholm took to the Huffington Post this week to give her idea for a Jobs Race for the Top that would allow poorly-funded states the chance to receive a portion of the nation's economic development dollars (there's about $170 billion). Granhom's argument cuts across political platforms, as well as state lines, with rewards in place for creating clean energy jobs, establishing public-private partnerships and rewriting policy. And Granholm used Michigan as the example of a state that's done it right:
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In just over a year, we have attracted 18 domestic and international companies, projected to create 63,000 private-sector jobs in Michigan. With breathtaking speed, we built an entire advanced battery "ecosystem" for the purpose of electrifying the automobile. If the states are the laboratories of democracy, Washington can take a lesson from what is happening in Michigan.
We are really appreciating the HuffPo love for Detroit these days. Read more
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