Because what we have done and what we have left undone in thought, word and deed on a national level determines as much as anything else the margin of safety that a prudent investor should require to invest in that nation.
And a cornerstone of the jobs plan that I put forward in September -- a chunk of which has gotten done, but a chunk of which remains undone -- was to provide even more funding, so that you could prevent further layoffs and rehire teachers that had lost their jobs.