state and local
In this paper we are asked to read the text by Dr. Paul Brace, "State Government & Economic Performance," from that we are to decide as if we were the governor of the state of Kansas, which economic development strategy would be best for Kansas. Out of the four choices we were given, Arizona, Texas, Michigan, New York, I have chosen to argue for the example of Michigan. Before I go into great detail of the particular example I have chosen, let me give you a brief description of the governmental economic strategies of each state. Arizona's economy started out with great funding from the government and also from it's abundance of natural resources. With the growing number of people moving to the new hot bed of economy, Arizona officials began to take more of a Laissez Faire approach to government. With WWI and eventually WWII, Arizona received several governmental contracts to build ships, planes and new military bases due to Arizona's natural closeness to the pacific campaign. Not long after that Arizona's economy started record numbers of economic increase, due vastly to the tax breaks and other incentives used to bring bi
Michigan is different then any of the other two states in that it employs a very hands on and supportive government. Michigan is among the highest in the country in Education, it supports greatly the idea of public welfare through public assistance, and also innovative ideologies in raising taxes to support itself with out asking for the assistance or having "big brother step in and give them a hand." In conclusion, the economic strategy of Michigan in my opinion best fits Kansas due to our agriculture rich economy and our high goals for education through out the state. Labor safe environments as well as, workers rights and the well being of my citizens would be the primary concern for me as a governor, and the Michigan plans me Soon after businesses stopped coming. They claimed that because of the lack of schooling available in major programs, particularly engineering, it had became increasingly hard to find the engineers that were needed to run these plants and sustain profit. Texas like many other southern states relied heavily on slavery and it's institution of such, to help stimulate it's economy through the manufacturing of cotton and other harvest "cash crops". Prior to the civil war, Texas was among the biggest slaves states in the union. Shortly after the Civil War, Emancipation left them with an abundance of under skilled, in a educational sense, workers seeking jobs in a already economic hardship stricken industry. This was due mainly to the lack of incentives in the South to invest in education which would lead to the training of jobs for manufacturing type industry. The South still was going to rely heavily on its agriculture bases economy and at the time had no need nor desire to change. Economically speaking, the supply side of the economy was well fed but the demand side was undernourished. But government got too powerful and took a step back until after the crash in 1929, and the Great Depression. After 1929, government came on strong. Now that government was going to take complete control of things ,the economy was going to emerge from the abyss it was in. Tax breaks for urban jobs, loans for businesses that would open in urban areas were implemented. But instead of things getting better, in 1950 they got worse. Perhaps too much government again. Some critics would argue that was the case.
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