Sure. This is gov't doing the employing rather than bidnis. Eventually we will all work for the gov't and then we will be Venezuela. Still, the roads need work so we have a place to burn our $5 a gallon gasoline.
Didn't his Dad do something similar, but about a year later in his administration. I recall reading that the stimulus it had on the economy was partially responsible for the start of the boom in the 90's.