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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (109630)	3/16/2010 11:04:14 AM
From: Bearcatbob	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

"What we do have is a lot of unemployed people and I would rather put them to work building something for America rather than sitting home collecting welfare or unemployment insurance checks. " They should build stuff we need and will use! Non productive investment is a killer for a business - but for a politician it is near term votes at the price of national ruin. BTW - the Seattle "light rail" project is a complete financial joke! The type of waste you sometimes rail against! soundpolitics.com "A survey of North American light rail projects[23] shows that costs of most LRT systems range from $15 million per mile to over $100 million per mile. Seattle's new light rail system is by far the most expensive in the U.S. at $179 million per mile, since it includes extensive tunneling in poor soil conditions, elevated sections, and stations as deep as 180 feet (55 m) below ground level.[24]"