Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected

Re:Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected by lotsofpulp on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @10:26AM (#32083215)

Government leaders were elected to do that work because the voters wanted the government leaders to invest real money, time, and effort in building actual infrastructure.

People in the US are going to vote for a 16 lane highway so their individual cars can go faster, they are not going to vote for a train to replace some of the demand for the 16 lane highway.

> Funnily enough, things happen when you do them instead of hoping others will.

That is not how allocating tens of billions or trillions of taxpayer dollars works in the US. You have to have the sufficient votes in the legislature to “do things”.

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Re:Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected by titzer on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @10:39AM (#32083403)

Well I'm gonna stop responding because you keep editing your comments to significantly expand and make different points, so everything is a moving target. (I tinker with comments too sometimes but I am trying to keep it to just minor clarifications).

> That is not how allocating tens of billions or trillions of taxpayer dollars works in the US

Of course this is oversimplified FUD, but I was under the impression that we were talking about the relative merits and effectiveness of policies designed to result in "electrified infrastructure" and it is absolutely clear that your original assertion of tinkering with taxes does not and never has worked except as part of an actual plan.

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