Stimulus? Yep. That has worked out well. Pouring hundreds of billions of dollars of private wealth down government rat holes.
No jobs. Higher taxes and fees. Pixie Dust production is in high gear. I actually weep, since unicorns must be sacrificed in order to produce Pixie Dust. When you listen to the words in this video, do yourself a favour, and make a list of the verbs you hear.
attempt. lives. falls. meets. occupy. does. doesn't. use. polluting. exciting. represents. bring. collaborate. solve. is. brings. forward. see. meet. think. create. done. embedded. thought. adapt. design. account. is. function. challenge. lays. opening. be. thinking. create. using. wasting. gives. gives. demonstrate...
And on and on and on. If you don't have time to watch the video, here's the quick take-away; "Blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah."
It doesn't matter what it costs, what matters is that people feel good about doing something that no one else would want to do. This passes, in Oregon, as sound policy. (Video stolen from "mean ol' meany.)
