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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
A bridge isn't infrastructure?
Transportation infrastructureRoad and highway networks, including structures (bridges, tunnels, culverts, retaining walls), signage and markings, electrical systems (street lighting and traffic lights), edge treatments (curbs, sidewalks, landscaping), and specialized facilities such as road maintenance depots and rest areas
Mass transit systems (Commuter rail systems, subways, tramways, trolleys and bus transportation)
Railways, including structures, terminal facilities (rail yards, train stations), level crossings, signalling and communications systems
Canals and navigable waterways requiring continuous maintenance (dredging, etc)
Seaports and lighthouses
Airports, including air navigational systems
Bicycle paths and pedestrian walkways
Ferries
Money leaving the country for what we can do in this country is still money leaving the country. Money staying in the country is money in our economy
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You know what's funny? You and TheDoc have basically switched political stances to have this little debate here. What you're arguing for is
protectionism, and social programs, which is in direct conflict with the school of
Austrian economics preaching free trade that the Republican party is a proponent of. I happen to agree with you, I think we need something similar to the
Works Progress Administration that FDR put in place during the Great Depression. The Wpa, the
Tennessee Valley Authority, all these public works programs that FDR established during the Great Depression built our highway infrastructue, our Dams and hydroelectric facilities like the Hoover dam, our national parks, our power plants and electrical grid was expanded, etc.
What the Republicans want to do is slash budgets and lay off government workers, which is only going to make the situation much worse than it already is. The problem is that the Republican party has moved so far to the right that any mention of a jobs program and they scream "Socialism". This is why the OWS movement formed, because the banks are being propped up by the government, meanwhile the middle/working class has been hung out to dry, they're the ones being asked to make all the sacrifices, and now they're using this recession as an excuse to break unions and filter even more money to the top. It's fucking disgusting.