The original prototype of Mt. Rushmore in 1941- this was before funding ran out.

Hey we only just now unveiled the WWII memorial monument here in D.C. and the WTC still isn't done. This like those other examples will get done, when we get to it.

Hell drive down the road in almost any American town/city and you always see four or five guys standing there talking, while one or two others are actually working. Just to fix a pothole in America, and you want THAT done?