I couldn't run for governor, 'cause I live in Kentucky and I'm not corrupt enough. 
I live really close to Kentucky Dam, and see first hand the benefits of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) lock and dam system, and know how it was all accomplished. A part of the New Deal, it was the largest public works project in US history and in addition to flood control, navigation, manufacturing and economic development, it brought electricity to places in the extreme rural south where electricity couldn't go. It also relieved the extreme malaria problem in the south, of which nearly 30% of the rural population suffered. It lifted the south in particular, and the country as a whole, right out of the Depression. We need the same boost again.
It was funded and based a little differently than an infrastructure rebuilding project would be, as the TVA is literally a government-owned corporation. But, the core idea is the same today. We're going to be spending money on paying people to not work via public Welfare, anyway, and we're going to be spending money on bridge and road construction (or, as they say in California, highway rehabilitation), anyway, so why not combine the two and get the most bang for the buck?
Yeah, I realize that this is a really large dose of common sense for a politician to swallow. But, since I have no problem force-feeding ducks for fois gras, I have no problem shoving this down the throats of those inside the beltway, either. :+
I delivered a load to the Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant this morning. Man, this town has a lot of bridges in it, and I find myself suddenly aware of all of them. hehe
Where do people sit when in Minneapolis-St Paul, anyway? Doesn't seem to be many truck stops around here.
Slow and steady, except in the ring, wins the match - J. Ventura
I live really close to Kentucky Dam, and see first hand the benefits of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) lock and dam system, and know how it was all accomplished. A part of the New Deal, it was the largest public works project in US history and in addition to flood control, navigation, manufacturing and economic development, it brought electricity to places in the extreme rural south where electricity couldn't go. It also relieved the extreme malaria problem in the south, of which nearly 30% of the rural population suffered. It lifted the south in particular, and the country as a whole, right out of the Depression. We need the same boost again.
It was funded and based a little differently than an infrastructure rebuilding project would be, as the TVA is literally a government-owned corporation. But, the core idea is the same today. We're going to be spending money on paying people to not work via public Welfare, anyway, and we're going to be spending money on bridge and road construction (or, as they say in California, highway rehabilitation), anyway, so why not combine the two and get the most bang for the buck?
Yeah, I realize that this is a really large dose of common sense for a politician to swallow. But, since I have no problem force-feeding ducks for fois gras, I have no problem shoving this down the throats of those inside the beltway, either. :+
I delivered a load to the Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant this morning. Man, this town has a lot of bridges in it, and I find myself suddenly aware of all of them. hehe
Where do people sit when in Minneapolis-St Paul, anyway? Doesn't seem to be many truck stops around here.
Slow and steady, except in the ring, wins the match - J. Ventura
