mrstickball on 30 August 2009
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Sadly, we totally avoided that we could have done that with the stimulus bill. The bill only set $7.2B for funding the infrastructure when more was likely needed.
If we really were going to do a smart stimulus bill (which is an oxymoron in congress, really), we could have capitalized high-return projects like broadband, and space-based projects.
I think that building up broadband is a worthwhile investment, but it shouldn't be funneled to the government, nor run by the government as the host article tends to lean towards.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
