The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[OakesCS]

further on your perhaps overly subtle post 8^)

i'm aware of several rather large govt projects funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that have only started spending in the past 2 yrs because of regulatory/licensing/permitting barriers precluded earlier expenditures.

The government is hardly an efficient developer. [says the preacher to the choir]