Let's have ideas from DUers on how to explain the Infrastructure package

[malaise]

Last edited Thu Nov 11, 2021, 04:51 PM - Edit history (1)

I'd have ads with dirty tap water, cars falling into potholes, bridges collapsing, internet connections failing with screaming young people, then I'd show people working at repairing them and show the salaries. There are many other details in the package.

Your ideas.

[RayTy]

1. light rail thru the cities

[TheBlackAdder]

29. Target Audience, Republicans?

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[mopinko]

2. we need to calculate the cost of doing nothing. then the cost of doing something.

it's about investing. not just maintaining, but investing and improving.
mentioned this in another thread- lead pipes. the costs of lead poisoning in medical care, special ed, and too often, prison, should be toted up, and put out there in relation to the costs of the new pipes.

do a cost/benefit on all these things- lifetime earnings increases from early childhood programs. programs to support disabled workers v just warehousing them, or writing checks.
how much do we invest in our citizens? and what do we get for it?
how much was the gi bill? what kind of dividends did that pay?
we need to use that word over and over- investments.

then write a song about it, i guess. cuz people are math morons.
srsly. make some great charts. but make the expected gains concrete.

[2naSalit]

3. First, let's stop...

Referring to this as "selling" the idea to voters. There has to be a better term that isn't so pejorative.

Explaining comes to mind.

All they need to know is how this helps them. It's not asking them to fork over cash on hand.

Sorry, that term just rubs me the wrong way whenever I hear it.

[malaise]

8. I think you're right

will change it to explaining

[2naSalit]

11. Thanks.

The vast majority of news outlets use that term and it pisses me off. They are making Biden out to be a salesman and that is not the case, he's the president and he has a duty to make sure people understand the policy not take their money, that's already been collected in taxes.

[Decoy of Fenris]

22. People don't like to be "Explained" to, either, especially rurally.

Too often "Explained" is loaded as "coastal elites talking down to people they think don't know any better". When's the last time you heard someone "'Splain" in a positive manner?

I'd suggest "Showing" or "Showcasing" if we're looking for a relatively non-pejorative term. Relatively neutral and makes it seem like the Infrastructure is a "Big Damn Deal" to even a casual listener who doesn't know what's in it.

[malaise]

28. I hear you

Showcasing would work

[doc03]

4. It passed, they should have sold it better

before that. The only thing will sell it now is if we
start seeing work being done.

[hunter]

5. Good jobs are always popular.

Installing inexpensive "last mile" 5G rural internet services would be a good one.

It worked for rural electrification and telephone services.

Most of my otherwise "conservative" great grandparents bought into that.

[malaise]

19. So true

Think we should have ads with rural grandma sending photos vis her new speedy internet service

[hunter]

24. Live streams of newborn great grand children!

Possibly preferable to two of my great grandmothers who took the train to make sure my mom was doing it right.

[gratuitous]

6. Footage of a car negotiating a pot-holed road

Driver and passengers bouncing around inside. Then the road is closed for a week or two. Ala-kazam, the same car on the same road traveling safely and smoothly. As a bonus, the men and women who worked to make the road better have good-paying jobs that make them financially stable.

I know; a hard sell.

[malaise]

9. Love that

[keithbvadu2]

7. That collapsed bridge with cars in the water, labelled Trump's infrastructure package.

That collapsed bridge with cars in the water, labelled Trump's infrastructure package.

[malaise]

10. That could be one ad

[taxi]

12. For one, the Flint water crisis

After all this time how can we not look back and wonder, did the process of collecting data on water needs in times of stress show the difference in party priorities? Will the weather events of tomorrow leave you like Flint?

Flint Michigan Water Crisis History Timeline

March 2017
A lawsuit filed by the ACLU and NRDC results in Flint coming up with a plan to replace the city’s 1,000s of lead water pipes. Funding comes from the state of Michigan. The outcome also results in extended funding for complete tap water testing, a faucet filter installation, and a training program. Free bottled water will continue to be delivered through the summer months. Health programs are established for those residents affected by Flint’s tainted water.

So they're finally coming up with a plan?

https://thumbwind.com/2020/12/30/flint-water-crisis-timeline-history/

[malaise]

15. Snyder and the take over of local representation should be front and center

Yes the Flint water crisis ahould be a big part of this

[taxi]

23. We would want voters to know that

the opponent would neglect their water over his own interests.

[hamsterjill]

13. Some well known state Democrats

Ads that feature state and/or local Democratic officials who are recognizable with video showing what the bill will do for a specific area. Use video technology to show roads now versus what they will look like after a project is completed.

But have the credit go to Democrats!!! RwcogniAvle faces saying Democrats did this.

In my own state of Texas, I don’t want Ted Cruz and John Cornyn taking credit.

[malaise]

16. Great ideas

[BeckyDem]

14. It could look like this:

5 Ways Investing in Infrastructure Can Improve an Increasingly Congested World

To meet the needs of a ballooning global population, the world needs to start investing in infrastructure. Here are five stories that show the way

https://redshift.autodesk.com/investing-in-infrastructure/






( A nice improvement. )

[malaise]

17. That is lovely

I don't think President Biden can just stand up and explain to people without visuals and ads

[BeckyDem]

27. Yes. Visuals can help sell a new reality, one we want and are working towards.

[NewJeffCT]

18. The Lincoln Project had a good ad yesterday

I'm not a big supporter of theirs, but they do have some great ads. Something like the ad below is a great starting point.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[malaise]

20. Maybe they should include this song

with the Slobfather versus Biden

Action not a bag of mouth

[Bayard]

25. High speed internet won't matter much around here

Small town and rural Kentucky. I'm sure it would be the same in many areas.

Jobs are the big issue here. What there is, don't pay much. I would promote that aspect and the available salaries/benefits.

[malaise]

26. Good point - promotion and ads have to be location specific