[dragonwriter]

> Unless there’s a reason we can’t repeat the famous infrastructure jobs programs from a century ago

Right now we can't for a very similar reason that we couldn't prior to 1933.

But there's an election this year, so that can change.

> Hoover Dam Mark 2 sounds good to me.

Hoover Dam actually wasn't an infrastructure jobs program to counteract the downturn, it was planned and approved before the 1929 crash and subsequent Depression.