Is Barack Obama Reviving The WPA? [Vinnie]

I guess if this is true, we may be looking at more than two to four crummy years.

"We'll put people back to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, modernizing schools that are failing our children, and building wind farms and solar panels," Obama said. He also made a commitment to fuel-efficient cars and alternative energy technologies "that can free us from our dependence on foreign oil and keep our economy competitive in the years ahead."

Obama pointed to the past, saying that Americans in this country's darkest hours have risen above their divisions to solve their problems, as a hope for the future.

One problem with The Messiah's reference to the past. FDR's policies extended the Great Depression by seven years. It took World War II to get us out of it. For those of you who don't know what the WPA was, here's the Wiki entry. Heavily laced with Socialist love, of course.

The other problem with Barry's reference to the past that I have is that he seems to want to revive Depression era policies when we're not in a depression.

Of course, his Chief of Staff Elect Rahm Emmanuel did instruct us recently that this crisis is an opportunity.

posted by xgenghisx at 07:08 PM

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