"To dig holes in the ground," paid for out of savings, will increase, not only employment, but the real national dividend of useful goods and services. It is no

"To dig holes in the ground," paid for out of savings, will increase, not only employment, but the real national dividend of useful goods and services. It is not reasonable, however, that a sensible community should be content to remain dependent on such fortuitous and often wasteful mitigations when once we understand the influences upon which effective demand depends. -Alan Keynes http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/money_politics/archives/2009/02/stimulus_keynes.html http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/money_politics/archives/20... Still, I'd like to have some decent public transportation in this country. Driving sucks. Actually, I worry about the "paid for out of savings" part.