tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post3917187937402368487..comments2023-10-29T10:54:58.681-04:00Comments on Vox Baby: This Is RichAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-65866350215665385292008-01-28T13:16:00.000-05:002008-01-28T13:16:00.000-05:00Greg Mankiw rightfully puts you into a noble coali...Greg Mankiw rightfully puts you into a noble coalition - the Coalition Against Fiscal Stimulus. Over at Angrybear, i try to qualify what the coalition members are really saying and then beg to be invited into it (as well as wonder whether DeLong and Krugman also belong to the noble coalition). Just updated my post a couple of times to suggest that Menzie Chinn and Mike Huckabee also belong in PGLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18248302122192095044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-14069703709433525462008-01-28T12:01:00.000-05:002008-01-28T12:01:00.000-05:00Not all infrastructure projects will take time to ...Not all infrastructure projects will take time to get going-- many local and state projects are ready to go, some have started but are being stretched out to meet local budgetary constraints. If the money were designated for infrastructure, men and women who are hired for a three or four year project are much more likely to buy a car, build an extension on a house--or qualify for a mortgage or aA Red Mind in a Blue Statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423945703299761676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-85308505034747641042008-01-28T10:00:00.000-05:002008-01-28T10:00:00.000-05:00Interesting ideas. One response to each:1) Infras...Interesting ideas. One response to each:<BR/><BR/>1) Infrastructure projects can take years to spin up, if you have to start from scratch each time. This is why I stressed the importance of a capital budget, in which this planning is done ahead of time. So the projects would be known in advance. It would still take time to move the resources, but I'm willing to live with that constraint to Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-53281368189897544342008-01-27T21:53:00.000-05:002008-01-27T21:53:00.000-05:00Infrastructure projects can take years to spin up;...Infrastructure projects can take years to spin up; just out of curiousity, maybe a tuition subsidy would provide a more immediate benefit.<BR/><BR/>Plus a tuition subsidy would encourage the unemployed to go back to school, which would keep them out of the labor pool during the downturn while preparing them to take advantage of the next upswing in the business cycle.<BR/><BR/>Thoughts...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com