A good debate has started as to the size of the stimulus package the economy badly needs, and what it should include. I suggest that paying in part for the greening of all public facilities should be included. Such greening should be required of all federal facilities (from office buildings and prisons, to courts and military bases), and of all corporations that receive a substantial amount of federal funds in grants or contracts (e.g., Halliburton and Boeing). It should be demanded of all that receive bailout money, of state and local government, as well as of other public agencies (e.g., the nation's 35,000 school boards) and the hundreds of thousands of not-for-profit organizations, such as the Gates, Ford, and Rockefeller foundations, that benefit from tax privileges. (Granted, some public agencies already participate in some greening measures, but it's sporadic and not on a national level.)

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