Facing the worst recession in a generation, U.S. Rep. Phil Hare isn't sitting around and waiting for the job market to rebound on its own. On Friday, we highlighted the Quad City Democrat's proposal to close what he's called the jobs deficit. On MSNBC's The Ed Show last night, he explained the basic outline of the plan he'll introduce in Congress. As Hare explains, the package includes a public works infrastructure program "similar to what Roosevelt had with the CCC," state aid, and grant money to repair national forests and parks. "I tell you," he adds, "if I hear the term 'jobless recovery' one more time, I'm going to become ill." Watch it:

Hare promises his bill would be deficit neutral. Because "we have to start investing in people, and not these big banks," he suggests offsetting some of the cost by tapping $60 billion in leftover TARP funds.