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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 07:56 AM Original message |
Obama Pledges Massive Public Works Project |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Let's do it |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The thing about public works - people can SEE something happening. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. You see what is happening and more importantly it ADDS value that will last years. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. put ronny reagan`s dad and brother to work.... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. econ 101---basic fundemental of weath---- the public good-- |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's even in Smith's Wealth of Nations. And is THE theme in Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. ...i thought i`d go into economics in college until i found out |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You and me both, pal. I like chaos, so I went into poli sci. Economics and history are for... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. I would beg to differ |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. For good historians, that's true! |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. History is for lovers of order?? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. It's in Durant's History of the World when he writes about the Romans. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. The Soviets did the same thing. But Smith, in reaction to Hobbes, placed... |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. I heartily endorse this. Just make sure only American workers get the jobs. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. ohh.. don`t worry about that.. |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Boy, wouldn't that be nice, if they were all union jobs. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. I am excited about re-living the New Deal |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. And how! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. We Need 21st Century Infrastructure: Universal Health Care and Green Energy |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. We need a National high speed mag-lev rail system |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'm with you on this one |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Man, I'd do a lot more travel if we had such a system |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. ...and I know where the factories are. |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Great thinking. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. State power companies? |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Don't even need mag-lev |
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machI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
16. Clean, Renewable Energy programs |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
17. Maglev (right down the highway median??,) rehab empty buildings for housing for homeless |
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wyzeone (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You Hit the Nail on the Head |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Bill Clinton presided over the longest running peacetime economic expansion in our country |
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wyzeone (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. You Hit the Nail on the Head |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. We were in the black by the end, and Clinton did some good things. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. That exact thing has been on my mind lately |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. I like this part... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. North Dakota Asks, What Recession ? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Advertise in the Detroit Free Press and the M-Live papers that include |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. Investment in our future... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. I hope this gets funded. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. One thing Obama can do is get rid of the Bewsh Tax Cuts for the Wealthy . .. NOW. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. Public works = job for me |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
39. Kick. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. this isn't the 30's, though... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. Nice to hear that talks to help rebuild our countries infrastructure |
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