Kyle, et al.,

And by placing the economy on a war time footing we could consolidate the
gains made by a WPA, except war funding would need to come first.  Could we
build enough Hummers to rescue GM?

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Cleveland, Kyle E. <
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> Oh, I don't know...Reagan's ending of the Cold War comes to mind.  Bush
> Sr.'s signing ADA legislation into law worked for me.  Eisenhower's
> Interstate Road System seemed like a good idea.  Nixon opened China's
> economy to the west (not sure how positive that is in retrospect, but we
> got a few less nukes pointed at us out of the deal).
>
> Who knows, maybe Obama will be another FDR.  Another WPA could rebuild
> our crumbling 60+ year-old infrastructure.
>
> Economically, one of the issues that we face that no one wants to admit
> is that we ARE at war.  And as such, our economy needs to be placed onto
> a wartime footing.  The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan sound
> expensive--and they are.  But they're actually being fought on the
> cheap.  That's why it's taking us so long to achieve our strategic
> goals.  Tactically, we're fine.  Strategically, we're not; and I place
> the blame for that solely at the feet of Don Rumsfeld.  Want someone to
> blame for the morass in the sandbox?  He's your man.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Michael H. Collis
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> Subject: Okay, now that the election is over...
>
>  I have a question:  Looking back over the history of this country, are
> there many positive initiatives started by people we would consider to
> be conservative today?
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