Reply #19: Extending existing employment helps communities in the present, though

[jonestonesusa]

and buys additional time as we await a change in the economic cycle. The stimulus employment creates hard infrastructure in transportation and building improvements and allows individuals and families to avoid immediate reliance on social services for day to day needs.

Your questions are relevant and the next growth area for the American private economy needs to be identified and supported with good policy. In my opinion, the stimulus is a stopgap but also a way to jump start the development of infrastructure and human capital necessary for future growth.