You did have me thinking.... for a few seconds. Than I realized that your one sentence comments belong on the bumpersticker of another volvo or honda. I love it when people look past ideas and content and focus on grammar. It makes me think they have a stick up their ass. You are just another tumble weed, it won't be long till you blow away too.
Louie
I thought it would be interesting to put a few facts on the table. First off I noticed you said that public works projects were a good way to get people employed and decrease deficit(after a increase) This does seem logical however I like to review the track record reguarding public works projects. I got the impression from your list that you may have been reffering to the New Deal. Historians agree it was not the public works projects that pulled America out of depression, it was War. Also, the building of freeways didn't come until Ike. The reason for their manufacture was because we needed a infastructure to transport large amounts of material during times of War.(If you think about it, that makes your other comment about war somewhat ironic.) Moving on, I don't trust the government. I do not believe that a bunch of poloticians should be incharge of delegating and commissioning contracts out to private contractors. Why? mainly because they don't know what they are talking about. Do you really believe that the mayor of S.F. actually knows anything about the costs and technological, Rescources human and capital that go into such a project? I don't, however after 18 years of watching my local government screw up just about every project they come across i am skeptical. My father used to build and install modulers for the school districts. Private contractors have a way of basically screwing the government over. They are not held accountable, the gov. officials ignorant of the truths of buisness will rely on the pure advice of private contractors. This will cost the tax payers an incredible amount of money. Just a few of my thoughts.....
Louie
This is just another attempt to socialize a service. Now in the short term it seems like a great idea because the more people you have in the funding pool the less money it costs. Being a very capatalistic person, I find it very disturbing that so many people in this country find it so equally conveniant to give their "wants" into the hands of the government. In the case of a government emergency, a private vender is more likely to continue service where as the government could use it as a tool against the people. I just thought it would be interesting to see the right side of the idea.
Louie
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You did have me thinking.... for a few seconds. Than I realized that your one sentence comments belong on the bumpersticker of another volvo or honda. I love it when people look past ideas and content and focus on grammar. It makes me think they have a stick up their ass. You are just another tumble weed, it won't be long till you blow away too. Louie
I thought it would be interesting to put a few facts on the table. First off I noticed you said that public works projects were a good way to get people employed and decrease deficit(after a increase) This does seem logical however I like to review the track record reguarding public works projects. I got the impression from your list that you may have been reffering to the New Deal. Historians agree it was not the public works projects that pulled America out of depression, it was War. Also, the building of freeways didn't come until Ike. The reason for their manufacture was because we needed a infastructure to transport large amounts of material during times of War.(If you think about it, that makes your other comment about war somewhat ironic.) Moving on, I don't trust the government. I do not believe that a bunch of poloticians should be incharge of delegating and commissioning contracts out to private contractors. Why? mainly because they don't know what they are talking about. Do you really believe that the mayor of S.F. actually knows anything about the costs and technological, Rescources human and capital that go into such a project? I don't, however after 18 years of watching my local government screw up just about every project they come across i am skeptical. My father used to build and install modulers for the school districts. Private contractors have a way of basically screwing the government over. They are not held accountable, the gov. officials ignorant of the truths of buisness will rely on the pure advice of private contractors. This will cost the tax payers an incredible amount of money. Just a few of my thoughts..... Louie
This is just another attempt to socialize a service. Now in the short term it seems like a great idea because the more people you have in the funding pool the less money it costs. Being a very capatalistic person, I find it very disturbing that so many people in this country find it so equally conveniant to give their "wants" into the hands of the government. In the case of a government emergency, a private vender is more likely to continue service where as the government could use it as a tool against the people. I just thought it would be interesting to see the right side of the idea. Louie