Much of the country thinks the optimism of those in charge is unrealistic. And several times a week I see someone pushing the idea of bigger, more direct jobs programs like those that helped pull the country out of the Great Depression, often citing Grand Coulee Dam as a great example of what can be done.

Here’s a healthy column by Memphis writer Bartholomew Sullivan, expressing the skepticism and seething anger toward the clueless in Washington.

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