Yes we should spend money on infastructure to create more jobs.
This is a massive (literally) misnomer. Incorrect infrastructure spending has made things worse. Much worse. The jobs created are 1) construction (read: temporary) or simply 2) a movement of other jobs.
If you build a new highway, all you've done is create another massive structure that the state now needs to provide maintenance for. That increased their long-term costs dramatically. If you expand a highway, now you've just increased the incentive to drive and promoted the need for more highways...see the previous sentence. Building these highways simply moves the wealth/jobs outward. Our malls are literally fake downtowns built next to highways and completely owned by some business/corporation; essentially we've given corporations whole towns. When you "create jobs," a lot of the times you've just weakened (or often, destroyed) this:
in favor of this:
Hell it even gets to the point in which malls will cannibalize other malls, and their owners/land speculators will shout "look at X jobs created!" "look at the tax base created!" when in all reality they just moved the wealth and it happened to be across a city or county line.
It's an uncommon and sad situation where the Democrats get their rocks off on handing big cash to labor unions, Republicans look pro-business and both tout "job job jobs!" while they are both demonstrably destroying this country.
We are in this mess because there was no regulations in the housing market (lack of government). Don't get me wrong I think sometimes the government oversteps its bounds but Laissez-faire economics are not the way to go either.
Horribly, horribly false. The government quite literally tried to give everyone a house. The government was the problem. I too do not advocate laissez-faire, but that isn't what happened.
I got more faith in an elected officals that have answer to people that put them in office doing what is best for me much more than I do Donald Trump who is in it to make the most he can for himself. Not knocking Trump or any other wealthy owner or CEO, every is out to do the best they can for themselves, that is why there needs to be some system that ensures fair play.
lol wut. This is that weak argument of "it's either the government or the business." It's insane. Congress, or even the President, haven't answered to Americans in quite some time. Hell Obama doubled down on many of George Bush's worst policies. You think they have you back? Don't be so blind.
This federal government is so in bed with corporations it isn't even funny. When you see a government that wants to promote optimal competition (that has been proven to increase the standard of living for everyone), a la Teddy Roosevelt, then I'll have faith in them. Until then, the corporation you vilify and the federal government you place your hope in are THE SAME DAMN THING.
THE GOVERNMENT SAVED THE BANKS FROM FAILING
THE GOVERNMENT SAVED THE AUTO INDUSTRY FROM FAILING
It is probably okay with you republicans though that government puts policies in place that take away from collective bargaining rights of unions. Don't here much complaint about that.
Nor should there be, especially in the public sector. Hell the massive cost of labor is a big reason why infrastructure is so damn expensive. Source: my family owns a road construction company that turned 100 this summer.
And the government shouldn't have saved any business or bank from failing. Too big to fail should mean that you are too big to exist. When profits are privatized and losses are socialized, everything is ***-backwards.
