The way to rebuild the economy is through fixing up our infrastructure – the veins and arteries of our nation. We have highways, bridges, levees, causeways, roads, storm drains, parks, and entire cities that need rebuilding. If the Federal government is taking the time to pour money into saving banks and savings and loans, how about pouring some money into saving us as people?
Candidates and Congressmen – get legislation moving NOW to start getting the nation rebuilt. it is simple economics, if you start paying people to work they will have money to spend. When they are spending, they will encourage other companies to manufacture other goods and it will allow the companies to hire people. Companies can then pay their workers.
Workers won’t be able to save for ten percent down for their homes if they don’t have an income stream. Make savings education mandatory at schools. What happened to teaching basic money management? Obviously, people aren’t learning it at home. If the parents don’t know how to handle their money how can we expect their kids to manage?
In the Depression of the 1930s, legislation was introduced to build dams for energy production, roads for people to travel across the nation. The government worked at helping people help themselves and not get a handout.
We need centers for our senior citizens that aren’t rat traps. What is the purpose of working to a retirement if you are retiring to what basically amounts to a cell where you are let out just a couple of times a day? Sounds more like prison than a retirement facility. Why bother trying to be profitable if that is all that is waiting for you when you retire?
We need care for special needs and we need it at a national level. Some groups of people are getting help and others are not. If we are a country that is taking care of itself, we need to take care of ourself and those who cannot take care of themselves. How about programs to build housing for people with special needs or disabilities?
It doesn’t take much in terms of creativity to get our country moving again. We still have the wherewithall and energy to do what we want if as a nation we are directed. Write your candidates and Congress.
Suggest they float bond issues to raise money for programs to get our country going – to be profitable and to be sane.
Make sure the money is distributed throughout the US. Yes, disaster areas are getting money but right now the entire country is looking at times like a disaster area!
Let’s build some financial bridges and real bridges to make things right.
We need to take action now!
Kim Isaac Greenblatt
Kim Greenblatt, in his blog, profitable, wants the US to start programs to work on our infrastructure.