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No New Ideas

By Lauren Kiefer
December 10, 2008

The American people voted for change. While Obama is talking about a huge public works project, conservatives are still stuck in the same old place. They cannot seem to stop talking about tax cuts, as if that will solve every problem read more »

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A Consensus Emerges: Build, and Build Big

By Eric Lotke
November 26, 2008

Stimulus plans don’t mean tax rebates worth a few tanks of gas and a restaurant dinner. Stimulus plans means new roads and bridges, aid to states so they won’t lay off nurses and teaching assistants, and a down payment on a new energy economy with windmills and commuter rail.

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Orders of Magnitude

By Eric Lotke
June 10, 2008

How far away is Congress from meaningfully addressing the country's infrastructure crisis? Based on testimony at a Capitol Hill hearing this week, 1.59 trillion steps away.

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