Diuretic
Permanently confused
but spending on what?
That more than anything is the question?
I wouldn't advocate a road to nowhere or something useless but I suppose the government looks to employ (not directly of course) sectors of the economy that can provide such things as infrastructure. I mean if there's a highway upgraded or a bridge rebuilt it engages more than the companies building those things. They need to get resources like steel and cement and what have you (never been a road or bridge builder) and they employ professional engineers to design them and so on, a sort of knock-on effect. And perhaps tax cuts are used to encourage ordinary people to consume and stimulate another sector of the economy.