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Re: Infrastructure spending is needed
Author: Exchequer
Date: 01-12-2010 - 20:10
A differnt view
Infrastructurist
The Administration & Congressional response
DC Streetsblog
David Smith Wrote:
Same thing happened during
> the 1930's under the Hoover/Roosevelt policies,
> and it ended up making the Great Depression the
> decade long debacle that it was.
>
So in other words, the United States, in general, and Southern Nevada in particular would have been better off if the Hoover Dam was never built? If you want to argue that point, be my guest.
Many of the New Deal projects had real and lasting value to the United States. Municipal parks were built and forest lands were restored. New college campus buildings were erected. Scores of post offices were built, many of which still function over 70 years after they were built. Other projects included new roads and extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad's electric lines.
Those who argue that it was World War II, not the New Deal which got the US out of the Depression ignore the fact that the New Deal programs also funded weapons which were eventually used in the war.
Flash forward to the 21st Century and the American Society of Civil Engineers issues an annual report giving low ratings to various facets of the nation's infrastructure (roads, bridges, public transit, parks, water systems). The need for massive public spending on infrastructure is still there and tax cuts will address the crisis.
Infrastructurist
The Administration & Congressional response
DC Streetsblog
David Smith Wrote:
Same thing happened during
> the 1930's under the Hoover/Roosevelt policies,
> and it ended up making the Great Depression the
> decade long debacle that it was.
>
So in other words, the United States, in general, and Southern Nevada in particular would have been better off if the Hoover Dam was never built? If you want to argue that point, be my guest.
Many of the New Deal projects had real and lasting value to the United States. Municipal parks were built and forest lands were restored. New college campus buildings were erected. Scores of post offices were built, many of which still function over 70 years after they were built. Other projects included new roads and extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad's electric lines.
Those who argue that it was World War II, not the New Deal which got the US out of the Depression ignore the fact that the New Deal programs also funded weapons which were eventually used in the war.
Flash forward to the 21st Century and the American Society of Civil Engineers issues an annual report giving low ratings to various facets of the nation's infrastructure (roads, bridges, public transit, parks, water systems). The need for massive public spending on infrastructure is still there and tax cuts will address the crisis.
