It's The Economy, Stupid.

A Preemptive Action Today, However Well-justified, May Come Back With Unwelcome Consequences In The Future. And Because... I've Done This. I've Ordered These Kinds Of Actions - I Don't Care How Precise Your Bombs And Your Weapons Are, When You Set Them Off, Innocent People Will Die.

The Established Order Has Too Many Self-protecting Economic Entities, And Not Enough People Who Yet Understand What It Takes To Change.

If You Wanted To Create Jobs In A Way That Has Minimal Effect On The Deficit But Has Government Action, The Two Best Things You Could Do Are The Infrastructure Bank And A Simple Sba-like Loan Guarantee For All Building Retrofits, Where The Contractor Or The Energy-service Company Guarantees The Savings. So That Allows The Bank To Loan Money To Let A School Or A College Or A Hospital Or A Museum Or A Commercial Building Unencumbered By Debt To Loan It On Terms That Are Longer, So You Can Pay It Back Only From Your Utility Savings. You Could Create A Million Jobs Doing That.

By The End Of The First Month Of The 1995 Session, Each Senator Will Have Made More Money Than Any Person Who Works 40 Hours A Week At Minimum Wage For The Entire Year.

Nearly Every Problem Has Been Solved By Someone, Somewhere. The Challenge Of The 21st Century Is To Find Out What Works And Scale It Up.