First off, I must say I am against the government bail outs. I don't agree with it. However, since the bills have passed and we have, what $500 billion available to spend still, here is my proposed idea how to spend that money to fix the economy.
The What
What does this country need? Well, no. What can we use, that we really don't need right now, but we can still build? How about a good high-speed rail system? Is not the technology here for train that can go just as fast as an airplane?
The Why
Why do we need this? Face it, gas is going to back to ridiculous. Airlines are going bankrupt left and right and nickle and dime-ing there customers. Don't cars and airplanes produce abhorrent amounts of the global warming compound gingivitis? (Wait, no. I'm confusing this with a Listerine commercial) We're talking about crazy amounts of CO2, Carbon Dioxide. Don't we want to decrease this? Isn't that what those crazy environmentalist want to do? What better way to reduce our output as well as create jobs upon job. You've taken a Greyhound? Good, don't. They are scary. You taken the Amtrak? It's not too bad, it just takes twice as long as driving. We need something that "Work it, make it, do it, Makes us harder, better, faster, stronger!"
The History
Did we need Hoover Dam? Probably not. Did we need dog catchers? Well, probably. Did we need brick roads? Not really. Were all of these thing useful though at the time, and even today? Yes. I'm suggesting a "NEWEST DEAL". Similar to Roosevelt's New Deal from the Great Depression, my "NEWEST DEAL" (tm) will create hundreds of thousands, if not millions of jobs. It worked in the past and it seems we are approaching a similar point in history. Do we really need a high-speed rail system. No. But we didn't really need a giant dam in the middle of the desert, but we have it and it's useful to us now.
The Money
So, there is $350 billion still out there for the Obama administration to toy around with. You know it's going to grow to at least $500 billion, if not larger. So, take the $500 billion and let's do some math. How many people that are unemployed could be employed in this national building project? Heaps, for sure, and money is a motivator. I saw a stupid overpass erected in the middle of Omaha in 2 years. Government money funded it, and a strict timetable and a reward of financial bonuses for timely and early completion knocked that project out right quick! So how much money are we looking at? Generously I'll go with 2 million people on this project. That leaves $125,000 for each person for two years.
The Opposition
So, as amazingly awesome my plan is, it will never pass. Why? Not because I didn't go a good job elaborating or having solid stats. Those can be figured out in the actual planning stages. It won't ever come about because of Big Oil, the Auto and Airline industries. Big Oil will lobby against this because it will cause people to use less fuel. The Auto industry will just use the bailout money we gave them to lobby against this plan. The Airline industry will be losing business on this as well and will add a 'high-speed rail surcharge' to each ticket to pay for a lobbying effort against. There will be lawsuits over the land acquisition. Then you have the problem with terrorism. How do we protect the rails? Oh and the poor antelope that will get smashed to bits when they get smashed by the train as it goes barreling through Kansas.
I just amaze myself at how I can come up with such a brilliant plan and at the same time talk myself out of why it won't work. I'm obviously not an inventor.
The What
What does this country need? Well, no. What can we use, that we really don't need right now, but we can still build? How about a good high-speed rail system? Is not the technology here for train that can go just as fast as an airplane?
The Why
Why do we need this? Face it, gas is going to back to ridiculous. Airlines are going bankrupt left and right and nickle and dime-ing there customers. Don't cars and airplanes produce abhorrent amounts of the global warming compound gingivitis? (Wait, no. I'm confusing this with a Listerine commercial) We're talking about crazy amounts of CO2, Carbon Dioxide. Don't we want to decrease this? Isn't that what those crazy environmentalist want to do? What better way to reduce our output as well as create jobs upon job. You've taken a Greyhound? Good, don't. They are scary. You taken the Amtrak? It's not too bad, it just takes twice as long as driving. We need something that "Work it, make it, do it, Makes us harder, better, faster, stronger!"
The History
Did we need Hoover Dam? Probably not. Did we need dog catchers? Well, probably. Did we need brick roads? Not really. Were all of these thing useful though at the time, and even today? Yes. I'm suggesting a "NEWEST DEAL". Similar to Roosevelt's New Deal from the Great Depression, my "NEWEST DEAL" (tm) will create hundreds of thousands, if not millions of jobs. It worked in the past and it seems we are approaching a similar point in history. Do we really need a high-speed rail system. No. But we didn't really need a giant dam in the middle of the desert, but we have it and it's useful to us now.
The Money
So, there is $350 billion still out there for the Obama administration to toy around with. You know it's going to grow to at least $500 billion, if not larger. So, take the $500 billion and let's do some math. How many people that are unemployed could be employed in this national building project? Heaps, for sure, and money is a motivator. I saw a stupid overpass erected in the middle of Omaha in 2 years. Government money funded it, and a strict timetable and a reward of financial bonuses for timely and early completion knocked that project out right quick! So how much money are we looking at? Generously I'll go with 2 million people on this project. That leaves $125,000 for each person for two years.
The Opposition
So, as amazingly awesome my plan is, it will never pass. Why? Not because I didn't go a good job elaborating or having solid stats. Those can be figured out in the actual planning stages. It won't ever come about because of Big Oil, the Auto and Airline industries. Big Oil will lobby against this because it will cause people to use less fuel. The Auto industry will just use the bailout money we gave them to lobby against this plan. The Airline industry will be losing business on this as well and will add a 'high-speed rail surcharge' to each ticket to pay for a lobbying effort against. There will be lawsuits over the land acquisition. Then you have the problem with terrorism. How do we protect the rails? Oh and the poor antelope that will get smashed to bits when they get smashed by the train as it goes barreling through Kansas.
I just amaze myself at how I can come up with such a brilliant plan and at the same time talk myself out of why it won't work. I'm obviously not an inventor.
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