From next year (coincidentally or not, general election year), state spending begins a sharp squeeze which the budget explicitly promises will continue right through to 2013/14.
As optimism starts to pick up, as all types of businesses are starting to see marginal improvements, it's a better climate and consumer spending begins to improve".
"There will be time enough," he said, for Mr. McGreevey to pursue the matter with state election officials once the Republican spending begins.
As a debate over slowing the surge in military spending begins to take hold, the administration has picked up more support from House and Senate leaders to kill the programs.
For the moment, Mr. Obama and his top economic advisers are fending off calls for more action, combining a message of hard-headed realism about the magnitude of the economy's problems with more cheerful predictions about an imminent boost as the government spending begins to hit the streets.
Before the spending begins, however, planning experts are urging decision makers not only to consider projects that meet the short-term goals of creating jobs and fixing what already exists, but also to focus on projects that look to future needs.
