Comments on: Take advantage of today’s low costs http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/08/03/take-advantage-of-todays-low-costs/ Thu, 23 May 2013 19:39:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: coyotle http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/08/03/take-advantage-of-todays-low-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-35816 coyotle Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:41:26 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/?p=9742#comment-35816 Unfortunately iowafarm, the military is just as inept at constructing levees as it is at prosecuting a war. It can certainly be argued that they are incompetent and and no longer retain the basic knowledge and personnel for such projects. Still you are correct, there is no large commitment to rebuilding and building anew the infrastructure that this country desperately needs. Perhaps if Washington allocated large, substantial, no strings attached funding for infrastructure, (like they fund the DOD)the knowledgeable and skilled would be encouraged to step forward and offer their services. We might also be able to put Americans back to work in large numbers. Investments in public education,transportation, water supply and sewers, the electrical grid, highway and rail expansion as well as renewable energy would reap incalculable dividends for our children and grand children. Our investments in war have only saddled them with debt. Where is the American conscience? Unfortunately iowafarm, the military is just as inept at constructing levees as it is at prosecuting a war. It can certainly be argued that they are incompetent and and no longer retain the basic knowledge and personnel for such projects.

Still you are correct, there is no large commitment to rebuilding and building anew the infrastructure that this country desperately needs. Perhaps if Washington allocated large, substantial, no strings attached funding for infrastructure, (like they fund the DOD)the knowledgeable and skilled would be encouraged to step forward and offer their services. We might also be able to put Americans back to work in large numbers.

Investments in public education,transportation, water supply and sewers, the electrical grid, highway and rail expansion as well as renewable energy would reap incalculable dividends for our children and grand children. Our investments in war have only saddled them with debt. Where is the American conscience?

]]> By: iowafarm http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/08/03/take-advantage-of-todays-low-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-35792 iowafarm Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:14:04 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/?p=9742#comment-35792 What about repairing the dam and levee systems along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers? This year over 500,000 acres of prime farmland were destroyed by levees and damns that were built in the 40s. Talk about mortgaging your child's future - WHEN will we get serious about infrastructure instead of oil subsidies and defense contracts? What about repairing the dam and levee systems along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers? This year over 500,000 acres of prime farmland were destroyed by levees and damns that were built in the 40s. Talk about mortgaging your child’s future – WHEN will we get serious about infrastructure instead of oil subsidies and defense contracts?

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