$30B IT Stimulus Will Create Almost 1 Million Jobs

itif writes "This report takes a look at how many jobs you get if you invest $10 billion each in three different IT infrastructure projects — broadband, health IT and the smart grid. It argues that if you are going to be spending billions on a stimulus package, investing in 'digital infrastructure' creates more jobs than physical infrastructure (e.g. roads and bridges) in the short-term, and you get a whole host of other benefits in the long-term."

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Re:brokenwindowfallacy???

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Please step over there with the rest of the angry libertarian ideologues. "OMG you take my money and build an inner city school/hospital with it, you bastards! Whaaa, whaa!!". I mean seriously, what the fuck is it you want, to be given a list of all the things the government needs money for and tick what you agree to pay for? Also, if you could do that and decided not to pay for road maintenance, but still used roads, would that make you the last of greedy selfish bastards?