One of the flaws in the stimulus program that we put together and passed in the depths of the recession was that our rush for shovel-ready projects meant the only ones we could get into the pipe were the ones that were already on the books of our transportation organizations.
Whitehouse critiques the stimulus program's focus on pre-existing projects, missing new opportunities.
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