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[QUOTE]Originally posted by George Harris: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [qb]The $8B should have been allocated in its entirety to the Northeast Corridor to shovel ready projects (EIS and all that stuff already taken care of) where many eyes (passengers) would see young men and women with a high propensity to spend (as distinct from invest) what they earn at work.[/qb][/QUOTE]Why should the rest of the country have any enthusiasm about putting more money into public transport in the Northeast? They are already overserved compared to the rest of the country, and manage to absolutely waste a lot of what they do get. They should only get public transport money as a substitute for road money, as their ability to blow money on public transport does not hold a candle to their ability to blow money on road work - the Big Dig being a prime example. [QUOTE][qb]As I've noted in the past, all that is needed for economic growth to resume (the Recession ended during July 2009) is for "John Q" to decide, "the Recession is over; let's go hit the mall and go out to dinner". "My neighbor just got recalled; I'm next". [/qb][/QUOTE]Maybe where you are, but certainly not in a lot of other places. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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