Reply #20: So let them build something that helps this country, rather than destroys it. [View All]

[21st Century FDR]

High speed rail and national broadband internet come to mind, in terms of bringing this country into the 21st century. And much needed repairs to the existing infrastructure for that matter.

How the fuck is a new bridge in California manufactured in communist China??? How is that NOT an outrage to Democrats and Republicans alike? A bridge, for fucks sake. It's bad enough that the crap that fills a shopping cart at WalMart is made there (and probably the cart too) but a goddamned bridge?

During WWII civilian industries shut down their product lines and converted to "war effort" manufacturing. It's now time to do exactly the opposite. Seize the assets of the criminal "defense" industry, and force them to work for something positive.