09-09-2011, 09:31 PM
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The Dreadnoks 
Join Date: September 27, 2001
Location: Orlando, FL
Age: 61
Posts: 3,608
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Re: Labor Day speech and unemployment...
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Originally Posted by Timber Loftis
He owned Ossama, but he saved us from nothing. To the extent he was involved, stimulus spending was like 33% of what it should have been (so much went to bailouts of companies that should have been allowed to fail under laissez faire economics), and over 50% of that was wasted. Google it up and see the number of critical infrastructure fixes this country needs -- there were plenty of FDR style shovel-ready jobs that actually needed doing, and only a fraction got money, got ideas, and got done. Those projects were the easiest way to get people employed -- the lowest hanging fruit. And, to boot they were a security issue. Why did they not get done? From levees to bridges to more mundane roads, our 2-generations-old infrastructure needs a huge overhaul, and it seems to me to be the most efficient and obvious way to boost jobs.
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With that said, The Sherman Minton bridge was closed today, due to a crack in it's load bearing structure.
http://newsandtribune.com/x107845496...-bridge-closed
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