Hell, we lost the CCC and alphabet soup and got permanent disability, food stamps, and 99 weeks. We have changed how we support the poor. We only have a few widened roads to show for the stimulus. Will anyone look at those roads in 70 years like we look at the hoover dam or the perfectly graded trails of the Sierra. Anyone been up the 99 switchbacks lately? We have lost our ability to build shit quick and for cheap.