If Congress and the President provide local communities with no guidance as to what constitutes a "shovel-ready" economic stimulus project, they're going to end up with no shovel at all. Some communities are dreaming up projects that would never pass the Works Progress Administration test.
Republicans kicked dirt on the idea of using $200 million in "stimulus" money to re-sod the National Mall---but what would they say to officials in one small North Carolina town who want to use their federal...
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