Here's the thing about the stimulus package. It's about creating jobs and putting money in people's pockets, right? Build bridges, fix freeways, do the infrastructure thing. So jobs go out to bid and some private company wins the bid. Materials are on them and let's say it's a bridge and steel is part of the job.
Where does that steel come from? Best price is China but there go some jobs in Pittsburg. Okay, let's make it mandatory that the steel is made here in the USA. But it costs more so fewer bridges get built.
It's a lose-lose tradeoff. We require bidders to guarantee American made ingredients at the cost of losing American jobs in other sectors because fewer projects can get funded.
What's right here?
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