Monday, September 6, 2010

Obama kicks off campaign with infrastructure plan

This article was about the infrastructure plan that Obama plans to unveil on Wednesday in Cleveland. The article explains that Obama plans to put a plan in effect that will give a $50 billion investment to "...rebuild 150,000 miles of our roads -- that's enough to circle the world six times. ... We're going to lay and maintain 4,000 miles of our railways -- enough to stretch coast-to-coast." Obama is under pressure to make a difference in the unemployment rate and create jobs. This plan will create jobs in constuction of roads and railways. A transportation expert says that 35,000 jobs are created for every $1 billion in transportation construction investment. Over ten years the plan would cost $100 billion. Do you think this plan is a good idea or do you think America should do what John Boehner suggested to "... end Washington Democrats' out-of-control spending spree, stop their tax hikes, and create jobs by eliminating the job-killing uncertainty that is hampering our small businesses."

1 comment:

aewillia said...

Im not entirely sure... I think that creating jobs would make a lot of people happy, but I also feel like government mandated projects aren't efficient in their money allocation. Also, there is the whole thing about road workers who don't do anything. Not that I totally believe that this is true, I have seen many instances where roadwork just seems to be inefficient and cause traffic delays. I remain torn over this subject.