The most important action the government can take to ease the economic crisis is to bypass the middle-fiddle manipulators of Wall Street and deal with the thousands of solvent local and regional banks that still exercise sound lending and investment practices. Moreover, there are countless ways to put people to work without having to wait for new technology such as wind turbine grids and high speed rails. Decaying malls and housing are in need of immediate clean up and repair. Many malls in decline should be open to walk in clinics, start up businesses, daycare centers, and schools of all sorts; low-income housing in distress are in need of not only energy efficiency but painting to basic plumbing. Unemployment insurance beneficiaries should be urged if only temporary to become security guards in shopping centers and in schools, not to mention the great need for teacher aides. And for the countless young men and women there is a great need, especially now, for Mexican border control.