Obama To Unveil A New(er) Deal: Here Comes $50 Billion For Rails, Roads And Runways

It would be nice if we had a real high-speed-rail system, but it doesn't look like this is going to get much done (nevermind the fact that there is a negative consequence to all spending that is not offset by cuts in government elsewhere).

I would say the money should be returned to the private sector, but this is just more borrowing, so there's no money to return anyways!

It will have roughly one thousandth the impact of the Roosevelt plan, demonstrating once again that in 80 years the only thing that has actually worked in America is the ongoing devaluation of the dollar.