Looks like one of the staff writers at The Onion may be an economist: Revamped WPA To Create 50,000 New Jobs By Disassembling, Reassembling Hoover Dam
This especially made me laugh:
Other public works projects currently underway include the bulldozing of libraries, the burning of national forests, and the defacing of public murals, which will be followed by a massive plan to rebuild libraries, revive national forests, and repaint public murals.
Inertia Wins! 