Again, as politicians our emphasis is on the sustainability of our communities, and a program like this, which is very small in terms of the entire federal budget, will have outsized economic impacts.
For example, I have a report from the State of Connecticut. Their tax credits in one year amount to $32 million, and that spurred $159 million worth of private investment.
Again, it's arguable that some of that private investment would have happened without the tax credit. Nevertheless, $32 million was spent and $159 million came out: 560 jobs, $28 million in wages, and taxes of $11 million. It seems to me that the State of Connecticut in this particular example got their money's worth.
Based on the numbers I gave, would you say that's a fair assessment of mine that they got their money's worth for that expenditure?