Stimulus

I've read about plans being put together by the incoming administration for spending on local projects as a way to stimulate the economy. Here's my two cents.

Let's say we're talking about spending $100 billion. One option would be to spend that on a couple really big projects or even one big project in each state. $2 billion spent in each state, for example, could get some great infrastructure projects built. But projects that big could take a while to get going, and from what I've read, some doubt that Congress could resist squabbling over treating their home districts to the best projects.

So how about this; a bunch of projects that are 90% smaller. How much could you build with $200 million? I have no clue, but I'm guessing it's a lot. And with $100 billion in total, you could have 500 of these smaller projects. And guess what? There's about 500 congressional districts! Perfect. One project in each district. Then you could tell Congress that it was all settled and we wouldn't be needing their input, thank you very much. The leave it up to the state/county/local government who will (hopefully) put it to use.