The New New Deal (84 page)

shovel-ready projects,
253
–55,
474

Siddiqui, Arshi,
67

Silver, Jonathan,
388
–89,
415

Silver Spring Networks,
312
–13,
315

smart grid,
4
,
41
–42,
95
,
123
–25,
164
,
175
,
178
,
179
,
198
,
199
,
239
,
303
–4,
311
–15,
318
,
378
,
441
,
446
,
447
,
474

synchronization problem of,
303
–4

smart meters,
17
,
41
,
96
,
125
,
304
,
312
,
314
–15,
471

Snowe, Olympia,
208
,
216
,
218
,
222
–26,
229
–30,
237
–38,
280
,
286
,
345
,
430

Soetoro, Lolo,
30

SolarCity,
373
,
439

solar power,
26
,
39
,
40
,
41
,
43
,
157
,
165
–66,
240
,
242
–44,
308
,
311
,
312
,
371
,
372
–73,
376
–77,
405
,
428
,
435
,
438
–40,
447
,
450
,
471

see also
Solyndra

Solar Strong,
438
–39

Solazyme,
365
–67,
373
,
440

Solis, Hilda,
102
,
129
,
282
,
306
–7

Solyndra,
17
,
160
,
272
–75,
364
,
373
,
389
,
477
,
489

failure of,
384
–87,
414
–15,
435
–39,
441
,
445
,
450

“son of stimulus,”
421

Soros, George,
316
,
406

Specter, Arlen:

defection from GOP of,
284
–87,
319
,
348
,
400
,
430
,
450

Recovery Act support by,
207
–8,
214
,
219
–26,
229
,
233
,
237
–38,
241
,
318

Sperling, Gene,
101
,
128
,
340
,
405

Spinner, Steven,
266
,
274
–75

stabilization fund,
153

Stark, Pete,
171
–72

state aid,
82
,
95
,
196
,
263
,
287
,
332
,
345
,
421

Democratic opposition to,
134
–35

energy incentives and,
167

GOP opposition to,
125
–26,
220
,
222
,
281
–82,
287
–88

as stimulus,
63
,
125
–26,
152
,
161
,
197
,
199

State Department, U.S.,
101
,
108
,
212

State of the Union Address,
26
,
341
–42,
352
,
415

Stearns, Cliff,
480

Steele, Michael,
279
,
284

Steiner, Josh,
77
,
78

Stewart, Don,
159
,
294

Stewart, Jon,
392
–93

Stiglitz, Joseph,
94
,
101
,
406

“Stimulus Bill That’s Not All Stimulating,”
184

“Stimulus Has Plum for Lawmaker’s Son,”
183

Stimulus Oversight Commission,
415

stimulus plan:

allotment of funds in,
94
–96

as art of the impossible,
128
–39

augmentation of,
344

as big,
10
–11,
80
–81,
94
,
98
–99,
102
–4,
106
–7,
111
,
115
,
121
–28,
129
,
237
,
427

catastrophic mitigation in,
276
–77

caveats about,
111
–12,
117

competing plans for,
61
–68,
76

cost and size debate in,
113
–39

counterfactual problem of,
276
,
408

Democratic skepticism about,
154
–57,
339

free-spending philosophy of,
165
–67

goals of,
2
–3

labeled as controversial,
155

messaging failure of,
18
,
75
,
105
,
108
,
126
–28

miscalculations in,
119

misimpressions of,
19

as nonplan,
133
–39

Obama’s readiness for,
92

opportunistic uses of,
162
–63,
168
–70

politics in,
63
,
81
–82,
109
,
125
–28,
380
–401

precursors of Recovery Act in,
18
,
63
–64,
75
,
79
–80,
107

speed as essential to,
78
,
81
,
93
,
97
,
109
,
117
,
129
,
238
,
243
,
269
,
303
,
397
–98

test for,
see
three Ts

as toxic term,
8
,
107
,
338
,
341
,
382
–83,
398
,
447
–48,
452

2011 stalemate in,
418
–24

see also
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Keynesian stimulus; second stimulus

Stossel, John,
316

Strange Death of Republican America, The
,
140

Strickland, Ted,
126
,
400

student loan reform,
349

subsidized wage initiative,
397

Summers, Larry,
54
,
69
,
77
,
78
,
93
,
110
–12,
154
–55,
159
,
168
,
172
,
199
,
333
,
402
,
420
,
487

big stimulus philosophy of,
60
,
63
,
98
–99,
102
–3,
107
,
111
–12,
116
–17

combative persona of,
99
–100,
102
,
339
–40

in cost debate,
116
–18,
120
–21,
126
,
129
,
136

on deficit reduction,
335
–36

on government loans,
388
–89

as head of NEC,
100
,
163
,
405

pessimism of,
57
,
61
,
79
,
127
,
341
,
364
,
376

SunEdison,
308

Suniva,
373

SunPower,
373
,
374

Sunrun,
372

SunShot,
440

Sunstein, Cass,
127

Super Bowl party,
215

Supreme Court, women on,
349

Suskind, Ron,
103
,
474

Swearengin, Ashley,
410
–11

synchrophasors,
304
,
313
–14

synthetic biology,
5

Szabo, Joe,
328
,
353
,
357
–59

Tampa-Orlando-Miami train,
329
,
352
–56,
358
,
392
,
407
–9

Tarullo, Daniel,
29
,
69
,
78

tax credits:

carryback,
230

child,
232

for homebuyers,
230
,
390

for new hires,
75
,
340
–41,
343
,
344

tax cuts,
188
,
194
,
238
,
243
,
245
,
263
,
281
,
345
,
398
,
403
–5,
420
,
421
,
423
,
431
,
449

Bush,
53
–54,
60
,
62
,
92
,
100
,
182
,
218
,
334
,
399
,
403
–4,
406
,
428
,
432
,
449
,
474
,
490

for business,
186
,
213
,
343

for middle class,
11
,
74
,
91
,
126
,
161
,
281
,
403

refundable,
53
,
62
–63,
404
,
447

for rich,
15
,
92
,
100
,
162
,
182
,
213
–14,
217
,
218
,
403

tax incentives, as stimulus,
10
,
13
,
54
,
60
,
62
,
67
,
76
,
91
,
95
,
107
,
108
,
118
,
126
–28,
151
,
154
–56,
179
,
218
,
312
,
341
,
343
,
345

tax increases,
108
,
423

tax reform,
349

Taylor, John,
426

Tea Party movement:

in 2010 midterm election,
399
–400

as anti-Obama,
291
,
299
,
419
–20

as driven by anger and fear,
346
–47

fiscal conservatism of,
281
,
288
,
290
,
292
,
300
,
342
,
375

growth of,
18
,
279
–81,
296

obstructionism of,
348
–49,
409

power of,
285
,
286
,
382
,
423
,
437
,
450

in primary debates,
422

retribution by,
346
–49,
399

Romney and,
454

Tea Party summer,
300
,
302
,
348
,
415

technological advancements,
16
–17,
311

for future,
375
–79

green,
43

in health care,
46
–48,
318

in smart grid,
41
–42,
314
–15

of Solyndra,
273

see also specific technologies

Tedisco, Jim,
283
–84

terrorism,
278

as counterfactual exception,
423
–24

Tesla Motors,
42
,
324
,
373

Think,
363

ThinkProgress,
183
–84

Third Way,
32

13(c) rule,
264
,
445

1366 Technologies,
376
–77

Thomas, Bill,
479

Thomas, Clarence,
120

3–C line,
392
,
407

three Ts (timely, targeted, and temporary),
60
,
62
–64,
94
–95,
123
,
134
,
164
,
172
,
222
,
340
,
449

Thurmond, Strom,
289

TIGER grants,
178
–79,
222
,
255
,
282
,
328
,
358
,
413
,
419

Time
,
6
,
104
,
119
,
487
,
490

Time.com,
26

Toledo, Ohio,
74
–76

Toomey, Pat,
284
–85,
399

Toone, Eric,
5
–6,
379
,
445
,
455

torture,
291

Tos, John,
411

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee,
196
,
409

Transportation Committee,
295

Transportation Department, U.S.,
108
,
259
,
263
,
301
,
408

transportation initiatives,
11
,
46
,
95
,
178
,
199
,
236
,
238
,
239
,
255
,
259
,
265
,
268
,
281
,
296
,
327
,
398
,
471

competitive innovation in,
328

Recovery Act effectiveness in,
327
–30,
416