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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (213641)	1/2/2013 1:11:06 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541759

<<<< There is. Jobs, jobs, and more jobs. It is only a matter of selecting the most efficient means to create the maximum number of jobs.>>>> Right, and housing did a pretty good job of that with the bubble didn't it? Problem is we over built and these jobs are coming back - but very slowly. You can't force demand. Ever heard of the term "Helicopter Ben"? That was his idea to create jobs by dropping money out of the sky from helicopters to get people to borrow and spend. Thing is Mary, people can't go further in debt as they are (well were, it's getting better) over-extended and are now paying down their debt. Until that plays out - jobs will be doing good to creep back. .........You can't force people to borrow and spend.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (213641)	1/2/2013 1:17:58 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541759

" It is only a matter of selecting the most efficient means to create the maximum number of jobs." Replace robots with people. Replace corporate farms with small family farms... I'm not sure if the law was overturned, but by Bureau of Reclamation laws, individual farmers could not receive more water than was necessary for the irrigation of 160 acres (65 ha). Wasn't enforced.... Since the private company is centered in California, its story inevitably revolves around water. The authors tell how cotton fields came to rise where the vast Tulare Lake once spread out across 800 square miles. Most of that water is now dammed, channeled, and often mixed with fertilizers in irrigation ditches. The effect on wildlife was devastating. To dominate this realm -- in fact, to become America's largest farmer -- Boswell engaged in a decades-long defense of the company's violation of the original 160-acre limit on farms eligible for U.S. Bureau of Reclamation water. businessweek.com I'll bet I can come up with more non-starters. Oh, yeah...cops in every school.