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Re: Dan Walters: Brown has a way out of HSR mess
Author: worcester
Date: 08-08-2011 - 18:46
BOB R Wrote:
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> BOB2
>
> Since it's mostly Fed money involved in this
> financial foreplay (to be followed by a gummint
> screw (?)), do you think that the Feral folks will
> insist that only "true" high speed projects need
> the dough and diversions to otheer things, even
> though they provide jobs and useful work, will not
> be tolerated.
Honestly? Yes. I think that Uncle Sugar and his minions are fully capable of finding and funding worthy projects.
However, Uncle Sugar is beholden to a whole slew of political operatives, which means that the more useful/socially profitable projects may/will lose out to those projects that are better "connected" although less useful to society in the long run.
> For a model, look at the "green jobs" bank. Money
> has be set aside for these millions of green jobs
> but has not been obligated because there aren't
> any. The funds will expire before the O
> administration admits they're not there.
From what I have read, there are any number of companies in New England, and I assume elsewhere, that are benefiting from the green initiatives, whether it involves wind/ocean energy or low energy lighting.
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> BOB2
>
> Since it's mostly Fed money involved in this
> financial foreplay (to be followed by a gummint
> screw (?)), do you think that the Feral folks will
> insist that only "true" high speed projects need
> the dough and diversions to otheer things, even
> though they provide jobs and useful work, will not
> be tolerated.
Honestly? Yes. I think that Uncle Sugar and his minions are fully capable of finding and funding worthy projects.
However, Uncle Sugar is beholden to a whole slew of political operatives, which means that the more useful/socially profitable projects may/will lose out to those projects that are better "connected" although less useful to society in the long run.
> For a model, look at the "green jobs" bank. Money
> has be set aside for these millions of green jobs
> but has not been obligated because there aren't
> any. The funds will expire before the O
> administration admits they're not there.
From what I have read, there are any number of companies in New England, and I assume elsewhere, that are benefiting from the green initiatives, whether it involves wind/ocean energy or low energy lighting.
