How it sounds vs. How it really works, Part II

In this earlier post, I referenced an AP story that the "cash for caulker" weatherizing program that was part of the stimulus wasn't working quite the way it sounds. Today comes a story from the WSJ that digs deeper into why the program has taken so long to be effective:

The Motor City has lots of drafty houses and tens of thousands of unemployed people. So when Congress proposed spending $5 billion to insulate homes as part of the stimulus bill, Detroit got excited. The director of the city...