Republicans Take My Advice On Stimulus?

In my post about the recent Democrat-led spending spree, I suggested that there were plenty of things the government could do to stimulate the economy without spending a ton of (borrowed) money.  My first example was opening up domestic energy production, by making it easier to build refineries and nuclear plants in the US, thus creating jobs here, and potentially lowering the cost of energy — an effective “tax cut” for every single person and business in the US.  Well it seems like maybe someone was listening.  Representative John Shadegg (R-AZ) and Senator David Vitter (R-LA), are planning to propose a “No Cost Stimulus Act,” which aims to create jobs and stimulate the economy by promoting domestic energy production.  They say they’re sticking to the “all of the above” (I hate that slogan) approach, meaning their bill would be aimed at the promotion of domestic drilling for, and refining of, oil and natural gas, plus nuclear power and alternative energy development and production.  They would do this by getting the government out of the way, not by spending a bunch of money.  Hey!  What a novel idea!

Of course I don’t really think they got the idea from me.  But it’s nice to see that some of our politicians can stumble across the obvious solutions, too, once in a while.