Most people don't move beyond where they live, so "creating jobs" is a highly localized event that requires targeted and planned injection of resources. And eve

Most people don't move beyond where they live, so "creating jobs" is a highly localized event that requires targeted and planned injection of resources. And even so, these resources can and do disappear. Personally I think reducing friction to moving elsewhere -- be it across state boundaries or across oceans -- should be prioritized. This would involve supporting/subsidizing public transportation infrastructure on a massive scale, which has benefits that are unrelated to increased personal mobility. Supporting the the "creation of jobs" is ephemeral by nature -- the need for those jobs is not permanent, however the supporting transportation infrastructure has a far greater sense of permanence.