THE RE-NEW DEAL: Four simple programs to save the economy now!

[bijou]

 (1000+ posts)       Fri Jan-18-08 04:13 PM
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THE RE-NEW DEAL: Four simple programs to save the economy now!  
 A lot has been said, by people on all sides, about how to rescue this nation’s failing economy. Sadly, not enough people doing that talking remember their history. To solve our current problems, let’s look back to what the answers were the last time our economy was on such uneven footing.

To any and all Presidential candidates, feel free to steal this from me. After all, I’m stealing it from the greatest President of the twentieth century.

“THE RE-NEW DEAL”

PART ONE: THE CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE CORPS.

Franklin Roosevelt put thousands of men who were out of work into a series of public works projects, the benefits of which are still being felt today. Dwight Eisenhower, likewise, put thousands of unemployed veterans (and civilians) to work building the Interstate Highway System. Sadly, a lot of what these two Presidents did is in bad shape today, and needs immediate attention.

The Civilian Infrastructure Corps will hire unemployed men and women, not to mention providing housing and food, as they swarm throughout this nation rebuilding our infrastructure. Rebuilding bridges, re-paving roads, replacing worn out or overloaded portions of our electrical and communications grid, and building schools. This would not only provide much needed employment for people currently out of work, putting money into their pockets, but our nation would reap the rewards of better roads and more reliable electricity and communications for years to come. Special divisions can be created in the Gulf Coast area, specifically hiring formerly displaced persons to rebuild that destruction as well.

PART TWO: THE SILICON VALLEY AUTHORITY
 
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[Lord Undies]

The DUmmie wants people to give up their cushy jobs and go to work for the highway department?  That's the big plan? 

What did the DUmmie steal from President Reagan?  I never was clear on that part. 

[LadyLiberty]

They should just re-name this thread to "If Santa Were Real"

Failing economy 

The economy was going in the tank on Klinton's way out, so they are lying about the economy now to try to fool people that it is in the tank on Bush's way out

[ReardenSteel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTmXHvGZiSY