Madison Powers, a guest columnist for CQ Politics, wrote this article. It was posted on cqpolitics.com on February 4. I believe this article is directed at our legislators that have been hammering out the details of the stimulus package.
In the battle for balancing efficiency with equity in this stimulus, Madison is trying to provide some focus on what seems to have been a free-for-all on both sides of the aisle. Yes, there is no doubt this package needs to be huge. Nobody's happy about that, but its the reality of what is needed to get us out of this recession. However, according to Madison, perhaps the focus shouldn't just be on infrastructure and other big projects. There is a need to look at smaller projects, and to help the "little man"-for possibly a much bigger return in the long run.
