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In reply to the discussion: Obama rolls out new infrastructure, jobs plan [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)37. The government can borrow at about 1%
It's really, really, really, really easy to turn a profit when you can get money for almost free.
Fix some roads, repair a lot of infrastructure, and save money by not having to apply band-aids which then explode and level a restaurant.
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The money has to be out there in circulation to improve the economy. Loans to small business and
The Wielding Truth
Feb 2013
#39
Right. Let's stop spending money and become Greece...will that make you happy? nt.
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#60
The Cleveland area is in the middle of a multi-billion dollar update of the storm/sewer
WCGreen
Feb 2013
#56
How about shifting the money from useless and bloated defense projects to....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#59
+1 Coporate middlemen - exactly. Can't help the unemployed without making the rich richer now!
forestpath
Feb 2013
#23
Agreed. So let's see the alternative; wheel it out here right now, so we can assess the COSTS
patrice
Feb 2013
#52
& btw, are you employed & do you have health care & will your alternative cost you either one or
patrice
Feb 2013
#53
Looks like we're going to have to proceed by the process of elimination; is this your alternative?
patrice
Feb 2013
#54
This will happen for as long as "Citizens United" rules campaign financing,
amandabeech
Feb 2013
#43