To: janetjanet998
This won't sit well with the St. Pancake crowd.
2 posted on
08/10/2005 12:46:31 PM PDT by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: janetjanet998
"It is estimated that for every one billion dollars we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created."Awesome! So lets spend, like, a trillion dollars, and employ 48,000,000 people! Or better yet, lets spend ten trillion, and employ everyone in the country and then some! w00t!
3 posted on
08/10/2005 12:50:35 PM PDT by
Shalom Israel
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
To: janetjanet998
He should have signed it at a pig farm.
SOOOOEEEEEEE!!!! Get up to the slop trough,boys!
5 posted on
08/10/2005 12:55:04 PM PDT by
flashbunny
(Always remember to bring a towel!)
To: janetjanet998
"It is estimated that for every one billion dollars we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created." We could cut this in half and still give those 48,000 ten grand a piece to help them find a job.
8 posted on
08/10/2005 12:56:06 PM PDT by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: janetjanet998
Critics say it's riddled with pork-barrel projects. Such as?
15 posted on
08/10/2005 1:09:47 PM PDT by
peacebaby
(Hot town, summer in the city. Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty.)
To: janetjanet998
Place your bets now: will Bush veto ANY spending bill before his second and final term ends in 2009?
17 posted on
08/10/2005 1:10:53 PM PDT by
RoyalsFan
(Freepmail me if you want on my Kansas City Royals ping list)
To: janetjanet998
CAT stock hit an all-time high today :)
To: janetjanet998
No mention of just how much Caterpillar manufactures and assembles outside the US. Wonder why?
To: janetjanet998
Is Cindy still sitting in the sun pretending he is on the ranch hiding from her?
To: janetjanet998
Investing in America's infrastructure is a good thing. Infrastructure is part of the system that business uses to remain productive.
There is a difference however, between infrastructure investment and pork projects, such as the Bud Schuster Highway No. 23A in PA which goes and leads to nowhere. There is also a difference between infrastructure development and job creation projects.
My other comment is that if we are to invest in infrastructure, we should also consider roadbeds for public transportation...transportation which can run cleanly and efficiently on electric power. Develop avenues for public transportation...then provide tax incentives (Id prefer to scrap the tax code in lieu of incentives) for private industry to utilize them.
Electric power can be gotten cleanly from nuclear plants, connected over an expanded electric power grid. We need to invest in the energy distribution grids as well as maintaining our existing transportation systems, IMHO.
Thats where its going to be in the 21st century and beyond.
29 posted on
08/10/2005 2:45:28 PM PDT by
Dat Mon
(still lookin for a good one....tagline)
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