Mr. President...we need...

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... $2.2 Trillion spent rebuilding THIS country!!
http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/

There is your recovery right there.
Good union scale wages and benefits that would stimulate this economy like never before.
Couple that with comprehensive public health insurance (medical, dental, and vision) and strict regulations on hiring USA citizens only and WHAM we pull out of this.

Think about this while we spend $2 billion plus per week rebuilding overseas.

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1. If the spending overseas is to bring people out of poverty that is not a problem

If it is to establish a poverty creating system, then that is a problem.

And if it is to help people, then the people have to be brought with the policy by education. So they can feel part of that work of helping people also.

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2. Here is a good chunk of it

LINK:
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175344/tomgram:_ira_chernus,_obama_trapped_by_myth/