[pedalpete]

Yes, I agree with your statement about "beneficial projects", I think of things like the US highway system, or the Hoover Dam, the projects that got the US out of the great depression. Or the spending on the Manhattan project, the Moonshot (is there another name for putting a man on the moon?) etc etc.

However, is there such large scale projects the current stimulus is going to? It is my impression that the money is going to individuals to try to pump money into the economy. That's money without direction, which I don't believe would have the same effect you are suggesting.