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Originally Posted by wave46
While I get the idea of infrastructure spending to stimulate the economy, I don't think construction is the industry that's really been hurt by this.
If construction is going flat-out, what benefit does that confer on someone in retail who has been laid off? Or a waitress? Or a flight attendant? These aren't people who are going to parachute into construction.
I'd like to see how the economy recovers prior to blowing a wad of cash of infrastructure projects.
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It is the trickle down from those projects that spur the economic rebound they are looking for.