Bredesen's W.P.A.

Here is a story about a state going out on a limb and trying an approach that is working -- using stimulus funds now and getting people back to work.

The state? Tennessee.

The template? W.P.A.

Yes, Works Progress Administration-type government work/subsidies are being used in Perry County, TN to drastically reduce unemployment and bring hope to the previously hopeless.

And, read the story. The long-term view is that this early investment will pay off well beyond 2010 when the stimulus dollars run out.

This is exactly the type of stimulus spending we should be seeing across Tennessee and around the country.

Because it puts people to work... and it works.