Bob Keith......Huh???? So I guess your glass is half empty then?:)

There will be jobs created but on the scale that have been lost here in Rock County not likely. Logical thinking would point towards less layoffs in building/construction related jobs or possibly a modest increase in the same field. The companies that are going to benefit the most are Aggregate producers -Bjoin, Concrete - Lycon, Construction - JP Cullen, etc. It appears the money is headed towards capital projects. Suppliers to this market will benefit along with the workers who have the experience to move into a position unless entry level is your plan.

The thousands who've lost their jobs from GM, Lear, Lab Safety, etc. You're going to have to look for another way out. Unless there is a big boom in new corporations opening up business here with real jobs that have long-term prospects it could be sometime before a true recovery happens for Rock County.

The Stimulus seems to be a band aid over a shotgun wound. Unless Doyle has a secret plan to bring in business and real jobs this whole sorted plan will lead to pork, pork, and higher taxes for us all.

When I hear people say that "[the porkulus package] isn't likely to have a direct effect on a single community's employment rate," I have to wonder what's in the Kool-aid. 4 million jobs wouldn't affect the unemployment rate in a single community, but in EVERY community.

That said, I don't know why the lefties are down: profits are down at millions of greedy corporations. This should be a left-wing paradise!

Our country, lead by a crippled liberal, got out of a much worse situation than this. We need to SPEND SPEND SPEND!! Its how we got out of the Great Depression and won WWII.

So... give us your list, keithrg13. Maybe we can organize a caravan. I hear nice things about Costa Rica.

Isn't it sad that Americans would ever feel the need to ponder such things?

I am sorry pontificators, but after working 42 years under various administrations and economies, it is evident that now, we are "so screwed." The neo-recovery (if it comes) mantra will most likely not mention that when the economy does move on - if it moves on - that the new blue-colar pay will be $7.50 an hour. I made 13 bucks an hour in a low-education-expectation-job in the 1980s and that money was worth more than today's dollar. Now I have a college degree and make 8.00 per hour in an underemployed job.
Sooner than later, when and if the economy takes a pause and plateaus out, be prepared to be accused by apologists and enablers of this current economic catastrophe (some will be your neighbors), that it is "your" fault for not having a better job or not having a job at all.
Good lord almighty people, I have seen all this crap before.
Somebody's god help us, you people are arguing on this comment string about a bicycle tunnel while Rome burns.
Good luck citizens, you will need it.
It might be interesting to see what we argue about a year from now.
I may have to log on from another part of the world.
There is no good place to run to now days. People used to run to America from bad parts of the world. Where do we Americans run to?
I do know I can run to a place like Viet Nam for example, and live like a king on a few bucks - and people will actually be nice to me unlike here where work, if it is available, means a retroactive journey back to the 1950s.
Interesting enough, even being a Communist country, despite Communism, the Vietnamese people persevere in an entrepreneurial nature that puts Americans to shame. Their streets are full of commerce. I bring this up to jab pundits in the ribs.
In truth, I will not likely move away, but it sure is tempting after 42 year of being ground into the dirt. Here in Wisconsin we are once again being slowly boiled like the frog in that old junior high science demonstration.
It is becoming increasing tempting to say to hell with this two-party ponsy scheme economic canard and run for my life even if it is in the wrong direction. It would be different if I was 20 years old again, but at 57 I feel I have run out of "stupid time."
Again, welcome to "languish-in-second-world-economy-land." Where in the heck do you really think you will be economically a year from now?
Bob Keith
cooldadiomedia.com

To begin the process of healing and moving forward, we need to learn to distinguish between "layoff" and "termination." Our recovery efforts must focus on bringing significant numbers of new family supporting jobs to Janesville. This is a huge challenge in times like these and there's no time to waste! Workers were called back by employers who were still here after other recessions. This time is different.

I'm with you, TheJoker and SarahB1. And who said that the stimulus money HAS to go towards the bike tunnel? i can think of other more important things that need to get done other than the bike tunnel, ice rink, etc.

foxy, you are getting $400, $800 if married. Want to trade?

Here's a good question.. how come those on SSI or Soc. Sec. get a $250.00 simulas check and none of the rest of us that really need the money?! We have families to support.

You do realize that if Janesville says they don't want stimulus money for the bike tunnel, it will just get snapped up by some other community, right? You're not saving money, because that money has already been allocated by Congress. Besides, the entire point of the stimulus is to SPEND MONEY to make up for all the consumers and companies that are NOT SPENDING MONEY and driving unemployment higher. It's just a really silly argument to be made.

Maybe this is the right time to build the tunnel and fix up the ice rink. With one out of seven people not working, these people will need something to do. They could ride their bikes to the ice rink and maybe stop down and see the flowers too.

How right you are, SarahB1 and TheJoker. We should absolutly wait to make the Milwaukee Street bike path crossing safer. Would you suggest we wait until somebody dies? Maybe three significant injuries could equal 1 death?? Maybe we should wait until somebody "important" gets hurt? Please give us your approved timeline.

I agree with you SarahB! Now is not the time to spend money for these projects!

Uh, the stimulus bill became law 36 days ago. That's barely five weeks. The states are now in the process of distributing their money to their own projects and to local governments. These things take time. There are contracts to let and bids to assess. In any event, it isn't likely to have a direct effect on a single community's employment rate, and things are still likely to get worse before they get better.

This is very sad news.

And the news just gets better and better....