I think I could argue against the bill on constitutional grounds, but in this case, I argue against the Keynesian fallacy that such spending is a stimulus to the economy. Since the money being spent must also be confiscated from the same economy being "stimulated", the net result is, at best, a wash.
Yes...how much WEALTH is squandered by the collection of taxes. Once one of these geniuses can delineate the difference between money and wealth, I’ll start listening.
Article I, Section 8: “The Congress shall have Power To establish Post Offices and post Roads”
It should be pointed out that most of this hypothetical money would not be spent on new roads but simply maintaining, repairing and perhaps upgrading the roads we already have. Right now there’s a lot of Federally-mandated interstate highway mileage that states have been maintaining for the Feds that the Feds haven’t paid for. The Feds funneled money to Bridges To Nowhere, Trains To Nowhere, Bike Trails Nobody Uses, etc., etc, instead of fulfilling their responsibility to pay their share of the maintenance costs of the roads *they* required be built.