I am the eternal wrote: > I was hoping that The One would get us to bite the bullet and replace and > build out our crumbling infrastructure but he's going to do very little, > most of it tax cuts ,which are a very good idea because they act quickly, > and symbols. What little his stimulus bill will do beyond tax cuts is aimed > at his misguided idea that if we just insulate here and there and build cars > that get hundreds of miles to the gallon (yeah, right), we'll all be in > great shape. That's not exactly the way Brazil, which is energy > independent, did it. But why look to other countries for examples? > > http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/28/news/economy/infrastructure_report_card/index.htm?postversion=2009012811 > > http://tinyurl.com/c7p2f7 Obama is not a magician. He still has to deal with the bureaucracy in Washington. It will take time if he can do anything at all. I'm not that optimistic. I think that the Republicans have managed to trash this country beyond repair. We might as well call the place "New India" in a reference to how Indians when the Brits left just let so much of the infrastructure the Brits created go to hell. It's not that we want our infrastructure to go to hell it's that we can't afford to do anything about it. All that money we wasted in Iraq put to work on the infrastructure would have done wonders.
And as for "jobs?" Do we actually need them? Technology is doing away with many jobs that are so boring that humans shouldn't even be doing them. Instead just pay everyone a stipend and those who want to work or create a business can do so for extra money. It probably won't cost us anymore than the problems we have now. Our thinking is still stuck in old ruts. On Monday California will be bankrupt unless they pass a budget at the last minute (very unlikely) and personally I believe there is a faction that wants California government to completely collapse. We'll see next week. It may become the "wild west" again.
