Republicans Are Telling A Big, Dangerous Lie About The Economy Robert Reich

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6. The other up side to massive public works spending...

Is that it gives the idle construction workers something to do; something that is not build houses.

If the recovery goes on without putting some of the people involved in housing construction to work; once things get going we will be looking at another housing bubble.

We need to tear down some houses; let some urban areas return to natural habitats (particularly abandoned factories) and refurbish quality old houses. The construction industry needs to be controlled in the recovery and we need to let alternative energy (and energy efficient construction) businesses crop up before the housing industry picks up full steam again.