Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise?

Re:Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise? by JoeAltmaier on Friday July 14, 2017 @09:54AM (#14769772)

During the last administration, we had a fake 'shovel-ready' infrastructure program to boost economic growth. I say fake, because mostly very-visible PR projects such as changes to roads and parks got funded. Not real infrastructure such as sewer plants, under-street pumping stations, painting the underside of bridges and other invisible but essential projects that have been 'shovel-ready' for a decade but still undone.

Biggest waste of public funds in a generation. And mostly used to build further infrastructure such as roads, burdening the maintenance budget even more. Instead of helping.

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Re:Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise? by coldpie on Friday July 14, 2017 @10:18AM (#14769968)

> Biggest waste of public funds in a generation

A certain little jaunt through the middle east would like to have a word with you.

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Re:Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise? by mason240 on Friday July 14, 2017 @11:14AM (#14770411)

Nearly all of that spending was simply added directly the national debt, very little actually came out of the general fund.

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Re:Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise? by Noumenon72 on Friday July 14, 2017 @07:03PM (#14773905)

I'm sorry I'm taking your bait, but obviously it is the same waste of money whether you pay for it with cash or on your credit card.

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Re:Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise? by sqeaky on Friday July 14, 2017 @06:03PM (#14773569)

Surely there are some negative side effects of more a trillion dollars of debt!

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Re:Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise? by JoeAltmaier on Friday July 14, 2017 @10:32AM (#14770065)

Ha! But did that accelerate our maintenance backlog? Never mind the money; its about the physical infrastructure we've got to keep up.

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