*eyes Dow*

[alexseanchai]

Yeah, Obama's economic policies have been absolutely HORRIBLE for Wall Street.

Can we get some economic policies in here for residential streets? We have roads and bridges to fix and water mains to replace and broadband access to extend to everyone and high-speed rail to build. We have places that need flat sidewalks, or sidewalks at all, for accessibility reasons. Places that need elevators. Video and audio needing transcripts! We have a fiat currency--we can print money till the cows come home, and it won't hurt us any until demand starts to exceed supply, which won't be for a while. And we have a whole lot of people desperately in need of some of that supply of, oh, food, housing, transportation! Two plus two fucking well equals four--where is the downside here?

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[silveradept]

The downside is that when you give ordinary people the means to succeed, they start actually succeeding, instead of being beholden to the Megacorp and too tired to participate in the politics. They start expecting you to actually do something that helps them, instead of being satisfied by the crumbs from the table.

Not that these things shouldn't be done (and should have been done a long time ago), just that you would need to somehow get people in office who weren't beholden to interests, and make them the majority and the executive. Otherwise, the obvious solution to all of us peons is discarded our obstructed for politics.

[alexseanchai]

...true. *sigh*

[silveradept]

Also, depressing.