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jagec

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I still find it hard to believe that giving $8,500,000,000,000.00 mostly to the richest 1% of the country is actually going to do more to help regular people keep their jobs, pay for their food and clothing, and compensate for their higher mortgages than just sending out $28,300 checks to every man, woman, and child in the country.

Not that I think that this would be the right way of doing it, but it would probably have fewer long-term negative consequences, since most of that money would actually be spent instead of quickly being shoved into an overseas bank account to wait until the economy gets better on its own.
 

RichardE

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Originally posted by: Genx87
Wow nice site. Lots of garbage listed right now.

That Miami transit line at 2.1 billion for 10 miles. Sounds cost efficient at 210 million per mile while creating, get this, 400 jobs lmao.

Oh shit didnt look further down the page. Another segment of the line costing 1.4 billion for another 10 miles. I guess that is am improvement right? So who did miami suckoff to get so much money for 20 miles of rail?

Meanwhile Houston has another infrastructure project at 1/10th the cost creating 10x the jobs. Jesus this is pathetic.

It should be a "stimulus" package, each payment should have a specific return in regards to jobs it will create. This should not just be a "lol we'll pass all the pork now so in 7 years I can say we have no pork or earmarks on our bills" type shit.

100k for doorbells? Seriously? Fucking doorbells?

No matter which side you are on, I am sure we can all admit looking at these, we must all feel some sense of "wtf how did this even get considered"
 

SithSolo1

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Hrmm, seems the largest project in my town is $16 mil for the expansion of the local library. They estimate it would also create 100 jobs.
 

ebaycj

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Originally posted by: TallBill
My town has 0 projects in the running. I guess we're self sufficient.

I would hope so, with the way property taxes are in the 'ville.