The rush is that even if the hard money isn't going to be infused into the economy immediately, knowing that it will be available down the road will "STIMULATE" spending and investments. Companies, states and cities are doing budgets now for the next fiscal year, and in some cases for the next two fiscal years. If they can plan on federal money for projects, the budget process and the allocation of existing revenue is very different.
Even in my lowly software shop, it makes a difference. Knowing that billions of dollars will be available for the health care industry to purchase software and technology changes my entire strategy for product development - focusing my time and energy in that industry instead of where I had originally planned to focus. On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I want to see a top line number around $300-400 billion, made up of tax cuts > and spending on "shovel ready" projects. Everything else can be done > separately in normal appropriations bills, because the money isn't going to > get into the economy this year anyway. So what's the rush? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287704 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
