Sunday, February 08, 2009

my idea for fixing the economy....

as i sit and listen to all the hype and spin going on in usa politics, i cannot believe that what they are saying will change anything. watching pbs, now and bill moyer's journal, just convinces me that they are throwing good money after bad, --including mr. obama's stimulus package-- and those who are responsible for the economic mess won't even get their fingers smacked... instead they will get more and more billions of dollars to stash away in their swiss bank accounts.

here is an idea...

put those billions of dollars into creating an environmentally sound and sustainable public transportation system. it would create enough jobs for all those who have lost theirs and seems to me use their skills admirably. auto workers would easily be able to create new vehicles and probably do very well with all the other parts of such a system.

for this to work really well, those workers should also be in on the design and use of such transportation, so should all who would use it...
in the end we would have a system that would help our environment, use less petroleum, create less pollution, give people an inexpensive way to travel.

and best of all, get rid of automobile gridlock on our roads. less traffic on the roads would also mean less maintenance. i mean, why not think about this.....

i am no expert, but it seems to make a lot of sense. i remember watching a news story on cbs, i think, about the growth of traffic around washington, dc. it showed lines and lines of cars, and made me look very closely to see one person in nearly every car... with the statement that it now takes three times as long to get to work... not one mention of car pooling. not one mention of what a difference a good public transportation system would make.....but lots of complaints about how long it takes to get to work.....

what mr. obama needs to do, in my humble opinion, is get a whole lot of mr. smiths in washington, and stop all this pandering to the corporations that have made such a mess of our world.

end of today's words, but more to come...

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