if we end the neo-con wars, maybe we could nation-build here..................From The Atlantic
''Doomsayers' warnings that China will overtake the United States in
economic strength because of its snazzier airports and trains are surely
overblown. But we shouldn't minimize the task that our elderly
infrastructure presents. Highways and bridges will need $2.5 trillion in
upgrades if they are to survive for another 50 years -- a must-do to keep
commerce thriving. And that figure doesn't even take into account the
airports, railroads, subways, sewage-treatment plants, waterworks,
levees, electric grids, pipelines, and all of those other expensive
systems that people ignore until they break down.''
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