Put a Solar Panel / water heater on any house in California, Nevada, etc. that the Treasury ends up owning the mortgage of.

...and we might not be as lucky next time. Barack should remind everyone of how little has been done since Katrina, and propose a massive public works project to build a levee and flood-prevention system comparable to that of the Netherlands. It'll be expensive, but probably not more than a few months in Iraq. And, of course, it will generate lots of jobs.

I think that the economic and political environment is right to push through a major program for mass transit on a federal level with both inter-state plans and matching funds for states. This would better address long-term fuel prices, as well as congestion and the rising cost of flying.

Our infrastructure is crumbling on a national level - it's not just the bridge collapse, but it's also the crumbling energy grid, and the fact that 20% of the water supply in Atlanta is wasted due to leaking transport systems. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of Americans are looking to improve their situation through better employment.