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Let's discuss the President's infrastructure investment ideas. I have said for some time that the secret to getting out of this recession rests one three things:
1. Stock market recovery (check)
2. Housing recovery ( getting there)
3. The fate of Joe Six Pack (middle-aged, high school educated guy in trades, construction, or manufacturing). I think this last one is the weakest link.
It seems that infrastructural investments, through public-private partnerships would be a great way to get Joe back to work and to create things that we could all look back on in our golden years with pride. New bridges, highways, monuments, rail lines, ports, airports, campgrounds, community colleges, schools, fitness trails, business parks,etc.
Great civilizations have always invested in the future. The questions are how, for what, and where.
My short-term interest is in the locations and activities that will yield the biggest bang for the buck.
Let's discuss the President's infrastructure investment ideas. I have said for some time that the secret to getting out of this recession rests one three things:
1. Stock market recovery (check)
2. Housing recovery ( getting there)
3. The fate of Joe Six Pack (middle-aged, high school educated guy in trades, construction, or manufacturing). I think this last one is the weakest link.
It seems that infrastructural investments, through public-private partnerships would be a great way to get Joe back to work and to create things that we could all look back on in our golden years with pride. New bridges, highways, monuments, rail lines, ports, airports, campgrounds, community colleges, schools, fitness trails, business parks,etc.
Great civilizations have always invested in the future. The questions are how, for what, and where.
My short-term interest is in the locations and activities that will yield the biggest bang for the buck.
So, two posts to get to the Conservative point, we won't support something that Obama proposes even if it will get guys back to work.
Quite the contrary... "IF" obama were to propose that we start taking advantage of our natural resources and drill, sell our oil and gas on the open market, while creating jobs in the energy sector and increasing revenues to the government, then I would openly support him in it. He has not done so. While drilling activity is up, it is only up on private land because the Obama administration is not giving out adequate leases to public land for drilling and the new EPA regulations are strangling the energy sector. In other words, you're right. As long as Obama is a tax and spend president, he will NOT get my support on anything.
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