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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (469001)	4/5/2009 3:09:22 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578452

>Why should fixing levees and bridges be an "economic stimulus"? That should be basic services provided by our tax money. Not a political chip to play when you need to justify a "stimulus" bill. It's not a political chip. The biggest part of the stimulus has to be creating jobs for people. It's best if those jobs are doing things that not only are actually productive (not just digging holes and filling them in again) but that improve the country. -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (469001)	4/5/2009 12:57:44 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578452

Why should fixing levees and bridges be an "economic stimulus"? Because we have deferred maintenance now. Money that should have been spent on bridges and levees was spent on wars and tax cuts. In addition we spend too much of our money on defense. That should be basic services provided by our tax money. Exactly, but it doesn't work that way in practice. Not a political chip to play when you need to justify a "stimulus" bill. The stimulus bill is justified by the dire economic straits we are facing.