Is there anything else our government could better spend $4 Billion on other than the NSA's new data center?

~They can give it to me.

Headstart programs. With our decaying education systems, we won’t have people smart enough to run this facility in the near future.

Bridges, roads, and dams.

I would love to say education, but young Americans have given up taking STEM courses because they know they will never make a living in STEM fields when Government won’t maintain the stuff that was built in the 50’s.

Like you, @RealEyesRealizeRealLies, I vote for education.

@Hawaii_Jake a quick pull on Hawaii infrastructure yielded this article on how Governments are refusing to spend to maintain existing structures:

http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/Hawaii-Business/July-2010/14-Billion-to-Fix-Hawaii/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1#artanc

You would tell a young person to spend money on a getting a masters in civil engineering over being a plumber in this environment?

@Imadethisupwithnoforethought Where in my tiny post did I say what kind of education?

I wouldn’t mind a small business grant…

Microloans to Americans and Canadians.

Reform the welfare system to be an actual hand-up instead of a trap people can’t escape.