To Whom It May Concern,
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Originally Posted by Imperator
a worthy cause but as an answer for what we are in now, well, its been tried and has not yield the desired results. The 30'as and Japan in the 90's.
Infrastructure spending is no silver bullet, do we need it? Oh heck yea, but if he thinks that this is going to be the end all be all, he’s nuts. AND remember please, that this is pipeline stuff, it will be a year before one shovel full of earth is turned.
Now, you want to talk about waste, google the big dig, read up on where that started and how it turned out. And remember that the feds may green light something but the locals can misdirect it, ala levee money in New Orleans.
This is not the 50’s and Eisenhower, back then the special interests were not nearly pernicious as and destructive as they are now.
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So what is your suggestion. Should we just wait and put of making any decisions until we can be sure of the process and the result. I am well aware that it won't be an immediate return but we haven't gotten any immediate return with the other plans and most of them don't have any oversight at all.
The states spend some money on infrastructure but their spending will be severly impacted by the disruption of the economy. I, personally, think we are at a crux moment in our development as a country. Our economy is crashing and crashing hard. Our infrastructure is failing and failing rapidly. Our education system is turning out people who are falling behind other countries at a rapid pace. If we don't make some hard decisions and make them soon then perhaps that Russian analyst may be more accurate than we think.
Sincerely Yours,
C. David Neely