Chuck Grassley: “We should not waste valuable resources on needless, temporary projects, nor should we fool ourselves into believing that…”

“We should not waste valuable resources on needless, temporary projects, nor should we fool ourselves into believing that truly useful projects can be funded on a temporary basis. Any worthwhile investment will involve an ongoing expense. Those who claim all the spending in the stimulus bill will be temporary are essentially admitting it will have no lasting value. Alternatively, those who claim it will have a long-term benefit are essentially admitting the spending will not be temporary. Clearly, both these claims cannot be true. Contrary to what some people might have us believe, a massive increase in Government spending for the purposes of creating temporary make-work jobs is not a sound economic recovery plan.”