Krugman: Recession ‘gratuitous’ because if Congress created jobs program it ‘would all be over’

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78. Blame people like republican gov. Chris Christie

Christie, who is becoming more and more popular every day showed his true self long before Hurricane Sandy came in and made him a superstar.

There was going to be a new tunnel connecting NY and New Jersey
it was 100% paid for
it would have provided mega revenue for New Jersey forever once opened
it would have provided 10s of thousands of jobs to build it and the refurbishing of tracks state wide to use it

again, it was 100% paid for

Chris Christie vetoed it. Along with the hopes of millions of New Jersey/New York residents who needed this

oh, yes, also, it would have enabled a whole section of New Jersey, the Northwest area, to have a way to mass transit into Manhattan, something now totally unavailable to those in this area. Of course meaning the environment would have been improved tenfold

(after Sandy tore through the state, and the one tunnel closed for weeks in NJ, one in NY closed, shows how infrastructure is the way to go

Why not have a nationwide rebuild the railroad program?
Why is it, NO ONE in America can take a train to Nashville Tn if they wanted to.
From NY area, one can take a train to Chicago, wait a long time, take a train to Memphis, but it is 4 hours from Memphis to nashville.
There are NO commuter trains into Nashville.
Think of all the jobs, the revenue, etc.

if only the republicans were not there to veto every single idea there is.

BTW as to Krugman himself, he don't want a job. He is happy bloviating where he is.
He makes much money(he is a 1%er himself) doing what he does. Why would he actually want a governmental job at this time in his life? Betcha he wouldn't take one if offered. He would lose his forum).(IMHO just telling it like it is with most talking heads.

People who want to serve the public, do so.
People that don't, do what they do, which is talkinghead if they are famous and making a fortune doing what they do, which is great for themselves.

(starting a new thread on two shining examples of people who just do, constantly
Senator/Gov. Bob Graham and Gov. Jerry Brown