Joke Biden is still an idiot

[thundley4]

“Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive,” Biden said. “In the middle of the Civil War you had a guy named Lincoln paying people $16,000 for every 40 miles of track they laid across the continental United States. No private enterprise would have done that for another 35 years.”

http://www.whorunsgov.com/politerati/bidenisms/biden-says-2010-election-more-important-than-obama-biden-2008-victory/

The sad thing is, he probably believes it.  Last paragraph of the article.

[JohnnyReb]

“In the middle of the Civil War you had a guy named Lincoln paying people $16,000 for every 40 miles of track they laid across the continental United States."

Damn, That's only $400 a mile....labor, steel and crossties were extremely cheap I guess.....or they were using DUmmie math.