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Originally Posted by Kiopa_Matt
If the US ever wants to *THE* economic superpower again, it absolutely must make a huge investment in infrastructure and new technologies.
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....among other things.
1. Couch potatoes do not advance themselves, the country or drive the economy.
2. You need to invest in THIS country.
3. Infrastructure is crumbling. It was built to last 50 years. Many are past their lifespan. There are jobs to be had.
Massive infrastructure projects generate jobs, which get people off the couch, give them pay checks which can be taxes, they spend the money driving the engine of the economy. If you announce 10/20/30/50 year investments in such... you generate confidence as time goes on to keep hiring, and so forth and so on.
With people back to work, you have them PAYING INTO the system. Not being a lard ass on the couch and milking it instead where they is next to no return on that. Plus you are actually investing in the country in more ways than one, and driving the economy.
However, you can't do things of this scale with the current government waste going on. You have to do some massive cuts, starting with the military. Slash that shit by 50%. Out of the money they do get, invest in more 'Seal Team 6' and drone type expenditures for the wars of today, not the 20th century where it's all about who has the better cannon to fire at each other's nads until one caves.
