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5. Here's the carrot

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 02:36 PM

Feb 2012

And the stick will be dealing with those doggone Iranians. We can't spend money on domestic programs because we're going to need to support the troops in Iran. Too bad, because we really, really wanted to put people to work, improve the country's transportation system, and achieve a small measure of national security by doing so. But you know how it is, and we have to set our priorities accordingly.

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Obama Proposes Doubling Highway Spending on Savings From Troop Withdrawal [View all] Purveyor Feb 2012 OP

Highway Spending equal jobs liberal N proud Feb 2012 #1

How about spending some of that savings on mass transit: not transit "infrastructure" kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #2

Mass trasit is mentioned in the first sentence. tridim Feb 2012 #3

Words are cheap. We need our BUSES back. Routes on maps kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #8

Right, because buses don't use highways or bridges, only cars do. phleshdef Feb 2012 #4

You missed my point. When you get rid of the buses and routes, improving kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #7

I'm sorry, but "don't improve freeways" is not a winning message. phleshdef Feb 2012 #9

Here's the carrot gratuitous Feb 2012 #5

And I can already hear the GOP howling Aerows Feb 2012 #6