This move is about a 'no-brainer' as it gets.
The President of the USA shouldn't be out to destroy a State's role in the lives of citizens. It was a goal that Bush had. He hated the 'idea' that people in Blue States were willing to accept higher taxes to fund their State's government. As a result, the federal cuts to States became hideously deep while his Republicans continued to pour money into Pork within their own districts and states to satisfy their electorate.
So, this measure is automatically re-vitalizes a sluggish economy without having to 're-build' the management infrastructure to do it. Governor's are in place and their staff and employees are ready to take on some great projects for the citizens of their state. With federal dollars to assist in the return of a State Tax Base, it will automatically renew people's faith in their Governors, so don't look for a high turnover in Governors for awhile. And that 'faith' is not wrongly placed. The Governors got their act together and took their case to Obama. Fair enough. With a widening State tax base there automatically is a widened federal tax base and there in lies recovery. With additional dollars coming into the USA Federal Treasury, there can be allotments to the car industy and changes in energy and transportation infrastructure.
However. Even though we are 'cleaning up' after a Bush, it shouldn't take forever to see real change in the way the USA is structuring its economy and the return to sound American values, including the passage of aggressive regulations to control Human Induced Global Warming and a return to Conservation measures including restoration of National Parks enhancing fire control. We also need species monitoring as well as maintained National Forests. We have a bettle to defeat.
There is a lot to do in the USA. The values dear to the average American have been ignored for a long time and all that means 'catching up' and lots of work. Neglect of America's 'dearest' values rather than maintenance, means there is restoration along with a return to sanity in maintaining our treasures and deterioriating infrastructure.
One other thing. If there are infrastructure improvements in the States, such as roads and bridges, Americans need 'state of the art' cars to utilize them. This measure by Obama and his financial team is not very different than FDR. Did I say FDR? Oh. That explains why the Republicans are raiding the Treasury.
Obama Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale (click here)
By PETER BAKER and JOHN M. BRODER
Published: December 6, 2008
...Mr. Obama’s remarks sought to expand the definition of traditional work programs for the middle class, like infrastructure projects to repair roads and bridges, while also pushing a federal effort to bring in new-era jobs in technology and so-called green jobs....
