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Originally Posted by dogzilla
Construction workers are heavily unionized, with unions as a major Democratic party backer
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In this election cycle:
General Contractors - 61% contributions to Republicans
Special Trade Contractors - 63% contributions to Republicans
Building Materials and Equipment - 72$ contributions to Republicans
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Let the states fund it. The federal government funds way too many things that should be at the state level, and with a one size fits all approach that isn't necessary.
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So you prefer a piecemeal approach...where smaller, poorer states will just have to live with the crumbling infrastructure that affects not only the state's economy, but the national economy as well.
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9%+ unemployment, housing and auto sales down after Obama borrowed against futirs sailes with his stupid programs, consumer spending down, foreclosures up. Some recovery.
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So you dont think five -six quarters of positive GDP growth (ave 3+%) is a good thing? or a positive result of the government's action? Or that unemployment would have likely been even higher (as much as 2-3%) than the current 9+%.
All sectors do not recovery at once and employment is always the last to recover.
Oh and consumer spending has been going up in the last 12-18 months...not down.
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Yes. Eventually it will recover.
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Eventually?
Sure the economy would have recovered eventually?
At what cost? How many more unemployed would have been acceptable? How many more quarters of negative GDP growth would have been acceptable?