The theory behind that strategy would work quite well. But there are few small businesses that can do road work on any major scale. Unfortunately it would also likely cost more than the stimulus package now being passed and the young people might now want to work in that kind of a job. It is hard, hot, dirty work that not everyone is willing to do. But the idea of some kind of WPA is very good if investors are willing to settle for the interest rate on the bonds, versus the potential for making vast sums of money on the stock market.