Kasz216 on 17 February 2009
| akuma587 said: You think investing $250 Billion in internet infrastructure is a wise idea? Your conservative brethren were gnashing their teeth at the very idea of spending anything on that recently. And frankly I think that is way too much for that one project. The stimulus package is doing a lot of different things like what you are talking about. Why is that worse than investing in just one thing? The odds sound better to me that you don't put all your eggs in one basket and stimulate several different sectors of the market rather than just construction. I honestly don't see why people think if it isn't something like construction it isn't stimulus. Hasn't our economy moved away from manufacturing and things of that nature progressively more every year? Why should we only stimulate that sector of the economy when our economy has so much broader of a base? It just doesn't make sense to me. |
I think your misreading what he's saying. Infrastructure doesn't mean construction.
Construction actually kinda seems to be what he's argueing against. Or at least pointless construction.
Also the problem with the intrenet stuff isn't that it's happening or a lot of money... but that it's the wrong type of internet spending. It's for areas that aren't connected... for jobs that aren't going to stick around after the stimulus money stops flowing.
Now updating the internet infrastructure of areas that will use that stuff... and will be using it for a long time... and a lot. That's helpfull. Like improving internet in cities where a lot of buisnesses are likely to exist.
