It's a nice idea but it's not compatible with our political landscape. It doesn't help anyone right this second. The laid off auto worker or construction worker probably aren't top candidates for a tech startup staff. Voters want easy answers and instant gratification. In their minds we should have been able to create 10 million jobs last year and fix all of our problems while cutting taxes and reducing the deficit. Why? Because they've been sold on decades of political non-sense from both parties. Easy answers, quick fixes, idealogical extremes. Politically the Republicans claim to support small business but they aren't too keen on giving <i>anyone</i> assistance in the form of government handouts. If the Democrats try it they'll be called communists and the American people, predictably enough, will be scared and oppose it. Maybe the Democrats would do it but it will be so watered down it doesn't actually work as intended so it looks like a gigantic, expensive, failure. I think this country has become so crippled by political fear and hatred that we just don't have the capacity to govern ourselves anymore via a democratic system.