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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

I don't understand...

THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN from Whitehouse.gov and my notes (in red) as to how each could directly affect our economy...
  • Doubling the production of alternative energy in the next three years. - It seems like our economy would boost with cheaper energy. I just hope that 'alternative energy' will make the cost go down and not up. I also hope there's a combination of alternative, with us drilling to have more in general and helping us as we become less dependent on foreign oil sources.
  • Modernizing more than 75% of federal buildings and improve the energy efficiency of two million American homes, saving consumers and taxpayers billions on our energy bills. I think reconstruction can wait until after the recession, I don't see how a new AC is going to help the economy. Maybe they're confusing economy with climate?
  • Making the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years, all of America’s medical records are computerized. I really don't see how THIS helps the economy.
  • Equipping tens of thousands of schools, community colleges, and public universities with 21st century classrooms, labs, and libraries. This is great too, but still not seeing the correlation to the economy.
  • Expanding broadband across America, so that a small business in a rural town can connect and compete with their counterparts anywhere in the world. How can they compete with no job? Since this is an "economic plan" maybe we should talk about how to FORM those jobs?
  • Investing in the science, research, and technology that will lead to new medical breakthroughs, new discoveries, and entire new industries. This is a big one, and new discoveries could lead to new jobs... but how much are you investing? Are you investing in the public sector, where it will actually help people's jobs... or just give more money to government organizations?
If you can explain to me, why these are the MOST IMPORTANT bullet points they could come up with during our time of economic crisis, I would greatly appreciate it.




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