• Thought For The Day

    Help Me Understand

    According to an Associated Press report out of Washington – “Working closely with President-elect Barack Obama, House Democrats on Thursday called for $825 billion in federal spending and tax cuts to revive the economy, with strong emphasis on energy, education, health care and jobs-producing highway construction.” I have two questions about these matters. First, is there somewhere that highway construction is not currently going on? Everywhere I go it seems that’s all I find. I not just talking about where I live, I travel a good bit and it’s everywhere, seems to me. Secondly, are most of these folks who have lost their jobs (auto workers, school teachers, Wall Street types,…