If you look at the projects funded by the Roosevelt New Deal (where the stated purpose of the spending was to reboot the economy and create employment, rather than chasing a particular return), a lot of them returned many, many times the government's investment. For example, the Tri-Borough Bridge, the Hoover Dam, the paintings of Jackson Pollock.
If you look at the projects funded by the Roosevelt New Deal (where the stated purpose of the spending was to reboot the economy and create employment, rather than chasing a particular return), a lot of them returned many, many times the government's investment. For example, the Tri-Borough Bridge, the Hoover Dam, the paintings of Jackson Pollock.