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To: i-node who wrote (38847)	2/11/2013 9:24:26 AM
From: Little Joe	1 Recommendation Respond to of 85487

If ifrastructure is so important, why do they keep raiding the highway trust fund? lj

To: i-node who wrote (38847)	2/12/2013 1:44:13 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

"Take the billions of taxpayer dollars being GIVEN to the unemployed in the form of unemployment compensation (free money) food stamps, and free health care and tell these people, "We'll give you all this crap. You just need to show up and work for it." That's the ticket. We need WPA/CCC/highway programs. However, when Obama asks for money to put people to work doing that stuff, the R's say no. Look what happened to the highway bill... Obama signs highway bill By Keith Laing - 07/06/12 05:08 PM ET President Obama signed a $105 billion transportation bill on Friday, bringing to an end a three-year fight over road and transit spending. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/highways-bridges-and-roads/236519-obama-signs-highway-bill#ixzz2KfFtx8Qj = more infrastructure Unhappy Anniversary: Republicans Have Blocked The American Jobs Act For One Year By Travis Waldron on Sep 7, 2012 at 11:15 am On September 8, 2011 — one year ago tomorrow — President Obama laid out a series of policy proposals known collectively as the American Jobs Act. The plan included stimulus spending in the form of immediate infrastructure investments, tax credits for working Americans and employers to encourage consumer spending and job growth, and efforts to shore up state and local budgets to prevent further layoffs of teachers, firefighters, police officers, and other public safety officials. == Date published: 10/5/2012 'CCC bill' for veterans defeated by the GOP Kevin Freking ["Senate GOP blocks jobs bill for military veterans," Sept. 20] reported the demise of a bill to put veterans back to work preserving national parks and other federal facilities. The bill was proposed by Obama and modeled after Franklin Roosevelt's CCC, which was so successful in reducing unemployment in the Great Depression. It was a perfect match for the maintenance backlog of $10 billion faced by the Department of the Interior and the 11 percent unemployment faced by returning war veterans. fredericksburg.com