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kleinbl00 · 3138 days ago · link · · parent · post: How WWII reveals the the actual limits of deficit spending
Frankly, we could blow it all on bridges, tunnels and roads and still not have enough.
ButterflyEffect · 3138 days ago · link ·
Don't you think the perfect Republican wet-dream of marrying public-private is to not provide enough funding to public transit thereby forcing it to shut down for extended periods of time, and rely on private industry to pick up the slack?
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Sure - but historically, Democrats spend big on infrastructure. It's always appreciated, it always makes jobs, and there's never a shortage of falling-down bridges to point at. I'd argue that the TVA and other New Deal programs got as far as they did because there weren't enough roads to go around so they had to build all sorts of other shit.