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Obama: ‘Roads and bridges’ plan will grow the economy
The Washington Examiner ^ | 8/1/12 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 08/01/2012 10:18:47 AM PDT by Nachum

President Obama explained to a group of supporters in Ohio this afternoon that more government investments in infrastructure would help the economy grow again. Pointing out that if government continued to invest in roads and bridges, it would put more money in people’s pockets to spend. “That’s how we grow our economy.” Obama said, “If we’re investing in roads and bridges, putting some hard hats back to work, getting our steel workers back to work, they got some more money to spend, maybe they buy a new computer, maybe they decide to take a little vacation.”

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KEYWORDS: bridges; obama; plan; roads
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To: Nachum
"Lets do some O-math today children.

First we spend $80,000 a year to hire a construction worker. Then we hope they will buy a $1000 computer ... or go on a $3000 vacation. Do you see children how that will help our economy?"

Lord Jesus come quickly ...

21 posted on 08/01/2012 11:19:10 AM PDT by dartuser ("If you are ... what you were ... then you're not.")
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To: Lion Den Dan
And wehre, in the name of Holy Christmas, does this Communist bastard think the money for roads and bridges comes from?

In Obama's world, it comes from future debt.

22 posted on 08/01/2012 12:07:06 PM PDT by what's up
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To: Nachum
Obama: ‘Roads and bridges’ plan will grow the economy

The First Moron continues...

After 45 years designing and building both private and public infrastuctures in my corner or the universe I know several things as fact.

Infrastructure is an onoing obligation of a healthy society (check out the Palestinians,) both the construction and maintenance thereof. Roads and bridges are a critical component.

Federal and State fuel taxes were instituted to address that ongoing need. That need has been criminally mismanaged and robbed for many decades now.
Politicians have been robbing those revenues to fund social engineering and growing the parasite classes.

The solution is not to increase taxes.
Just return the existing taxes to the purpose for which they were created.

Not rocket science.

23 posted on 08/01/2012 12:36:43 PM PDT by publius911 (Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
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To: Nachum

Translation: Government paid infrastructure = Union jobs and political slush contributions from forced union dues.


24 posted on 08/01/2012 12:46:16 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: American in Israel
Roads and Bridges don’t make money, and therefor cannot grow the economy. Business, commerce and Industry create and grow the economy.

He's not trying to grow the economy, he's trying to maintain full employment for union construction workers and corrupt democrat-affiliated construction companies.

25 posted on 08/01/2012 12:51:38 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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To: Nachum

The actual number of people employed by building roads & bridges is quite small. If you want to employ a large number of people doing this, you need to shut down the bulldozers and use shovels and horse drawn wagons.


26 posted on 08/01/2012 1:13:24 PM PDT by Western Phil
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To: Nachum

“.....maybe they decide to take a little vacation.”

Obama, you stupid son of a communist whore, I just canceled this years vacation. This will be the first time in over 40 years that we have decided not to take a travel vacation.

Instead, we’re going to stay local and go fishing.

Daily, I wish the absolute worst for that bastard in our White House, as well as every other air sucking democrat.


27 posted on 08/01/2012 1:26:14 PM PDT by Gator113 (***YOU GAVE it to Obama. I would have voted for NEWT.~Just livin' life, my way~)
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To: Nachum

“.....maybe they decide to take a little vacation.”

Obama, you stupid son of a communist whore, I just canceled this years vacation. This will be the first time in over 40 years that we have decided not to take a travel vacation.

Instead, we’re going to stay local and go fishing.

Daily, I wish the absolute worst for that bastard in our White House, as well as every other air sucking democrat.


28 posted on 08/01/2012 1:26:14 PM PDT by Gator113 (***YOU GAVE it to Obama. I would have voted for NEWT.~Just livin' life, my way~)
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To: Western Phil

you need to shut down the bulldozers and use shovels and horse drawn wagons.
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Without rashly jumping to conclusions, I may mistake you for being Chinese....

That is how they got their start.....and look at them now.

Many moons ago I was foreman on a job and one of the Superintendents came by and asked me why I was using a particular machine (Gradall) when 2 huge front end loaders would be available in the morning. I explained I was just trying to fill out the day and utilize the trucks I had.
He replied “Shut it down, send everyone home. If I was interested in appeasing the laborers I would hire a couple thousand coolies and let them walk the material to the dump”.


29 posted on 08/01/2012 1:32:03 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")
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To: Jaguarmike

The 2009 stimulus would have built 1567 Golden Gate Bridges.
Where are the first dozen or so? The first ONE?

Oh, yeah... all that money had to go into public union pension funds (and back into DNC coffers, of course).


30 posted on 08/01/2012 1:40:23 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Gator113

0bama, lifelong oxygen thief.


31 posted on 08/01/2012 1:41:31 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: markman46

And where is this money coming from, our taxes, and who pays these taxes. Over 40% of the population pay no taxes so who is paying for these people to build roads and bridges, the other 60% of the population, what a joke.


32 posted on 08/01/2012 3:29:43 PM PDT by onthegulf
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