(In loving memory of Guy Chichester of Rye, New Hampshire, 1936-2009.)
Much has been written about how the Senate version of the Stimulus Bill doesn't include some of the most economically stimulating items from the House version: tens of billions of dollars for public education and school construction, Head Start early childhood education, and other vital projects.
Now the bill goes to House-Senate conference. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called the changes made in the Senate version "very damaging." US Rep. David Obey (D-WI) will be her point man on the conference.
One of the changes made by the Senate version, however, was to add an $8.5 billion dollar bailout for the nuclear power industry. These projects are not "shovel ready," they won't be for years, they will not be labor intensive, and would take at least 10 years before supplying any energy, if at all...
(Note: See update and correction of original version at the jump.)
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