Lack of Shovel Ready Projects

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President Obama said that a second round of Spending is necessary because ther were not shovel ready projects. As I had to travel this year I have seen more highway construction and it seems as though each project has a big sign saying this project was made possible by the Economic Recovery Act. What struck me was one section of interstate highway was being repaved and this highway was shut down two years ago to be repaved. I guess it was done because the money was there and the plans could still be found. In one community they had three highway projects going at once and it almost shut the town down because the major roads were blocked at the same time. This looked like a three year project done in one year. It seems to me that what the government has done is to create extra jobs for now at the cost of not having projects in the future. Just like cash for clunkers was seen to boost car sales for a few weeks but, in the end all that happened was you sold several months cars in a few weeks and then did not sell any for a few months. Any person who understood how business cycles worked would have known that to stimulate the economy you need to do things that are long term not a few weeks of spending and hope everything gets better.