the infrastructure portion of the american jobs act which president obama officially sent to congress earlier tonight. shouldn't we fix those bridges? shouldn't we fix these roads and bridges that need fixing in america? for two reasons. one, because we need them to be fixed. there is no lovely wooden path staffed by volunteers with golf carts who are going to give you gummy bears that's going to take you across the ohio river. these things need to be fixed. also paying to fix these things now will pay people to do the fixing which will mean those people are employed and getting paid to do that fixing which will mean those people can in turn can pay for other things which will mean money going into other businesses which will make the economy go. that's the idea of economically stimulative spending. don't give money to rich people. they're going to put it in the bank. they don't need to spend it right away. they have a cushion. if you pay for work from unemployed construction workers or otherwise unemployed people, they don't have a cushion. they'll be spending the money they're earning now because they need to which is economically stimulative which is a tide that