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truedelphi

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4. All it would take is cloning Eisenhower -

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 04:34 PM

Sep 2012

People think that FDR was behind the biggest "Back to work" programs in the nation ever. But Eisenhower pulled off even more than FDR did (OF course the economy under him was semi-thriving to begin with.)

Under Eisenhower, the nation built the highway system, the community hospital system, the community college system, kept the GI Bill funded so tens of millions of returning GI's had education, and a whole lot more.

These efforts were so successful that people moved out of their cramped three room apartments into tract homes in the suburbs. Which meant the Detroit auto industry was kept busy,k as well as all the construction trades for new housing.

Since 1990, we have had Republican Administrations followed by Democratic Administrations, one after the other, and no one of either party has the gumption to do this again. Although both parties seem especially gifted at the NAFTA, GATT and Trans Pacific Plan style arrangement of hurting American workers.

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C R U M B L I N G n/t Tansy_Gold Sep 2012 #2

This lap top I post with has serious key board problems... WCGreen Sep 2012 #5

Hey "Kurt".. pangaia Sep 2012 #34

ahhh, I see the spell checker did get you 2pooped2pop Sep 2012 #52

That's the plan I'm afraid. mmonk Sep 2012 #3

All it would take is cloning Eisenhower - truedelphi Sep 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #7

True. The guys came home from the war and started families. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #30

Actually it started in 1980. pangaia Sep 2012 #35

I'm watching too. Brigid Sep 2012 #6

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I agree Xyzse Sep 2012 #11

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There was a TV show on the History channel a year or so ago, CrispyQ Sep 2012 #12

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I was in Denver a few years back when a piece of highway overpass CrispyQ Sep 2012 #18

Just think how many people we could get to work and how WCGreen Sep 2012 #20

I remember that show too. Brigid Sep 2012 #38

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I've been riding the bus for a few years now & they cut service to my community CrispyQ Sep 2012 #21

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One of the best posts I've seen October Sep 2012 #26

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Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Where's the money going to come from? jtuck004 Sep 2012 #33

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Do YOU honestly believe that there will be a progressive any time soon? Doctor_J Sep 2012 #47

I honestly believe that a lot of money could be diverted toward infrastructure WCGreen Sep 2012 #50

You ain't wrong. nt DCKit Sep 2012 #44

god, another thing i hadn't thought of, but that's their usual game plan -- stop funding it, then HiPointDem Sep 2012 #46

Elect Obama and take back Congress, then we'll get it done. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #51

Gee. If the banks collapse, there'll be no money left to screw America with, or the planet. Octafish Sep 2012 #53