Originally Posted by kane

I was reading something by Mark Cuban the other day and it was actually kind of an interesting idea. He thought was that the last stimulus didn't work because it was a mess and just threw money in all directions hoping people would use it to create jobs. His thought is that they set up a system where a company could go directly tot he government and tell them how many people they would hire, what they would pay them and what they would do. The government then gives those companies that money and the money must be spent on those employees.

The idea is that if we do this for a few years many companies that want to expand but either don't have the capital or are unwilling to hire right now because of uncertainty could bring on new people and expand their business with very little risk. Hopefully in a few years these expansions will be profitable and those companies can then pay for those employees themselves.

It is a little crazy, but at least it puts money into a business owner's hands and it is used to create a job.