kalm wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:19 am
Ivytalk wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 10:34 am
You’ve drunk the Kool-Aid. Big surprise there. The New Oxford American Dictionary defines the word as “the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.” But go ahead and define it as anything your guvmint wants to spend money on to curry favor with the masses.
You may not love Amy, but you love her politics.
I don’t like her politics either.
I know what the definition of infrastructure is. BDK didn’t like my use of the qualifier “human”. As though he can honestly parse out infrastructure from positive effects to humans in order to be ok with just the physical.
I will admit it’s a little disingenuous to lump all stimulus in an infrastructure bill but hey...that’s politics.
Was the GI Bill the type of human infrastructure he’d oppose? Would all of the massive infrastructure investments we made post WWII been as effective without a workforce that was being educated along with it to further innovate and expand upon?
We’ll just have to disagree on this. I believe that the rule in DE and various other states that the substance of a bill should be accurately reflected in its title — such that no extraneous items appear in it — should govern federal legislation as well. In other words, no omnibus spending bills. An “infrastructure” bill should cover only what’s in the standard dictionary definition: structures and facilities. If you want to propose laws that fund education, health care, environmental protection, or whatever you spend the public fisc on, describe the objective accurately. Don’t call it “infrastructure” and insult our intelligence like Amy K does. Be straight with the American people.
And another thing. I despise politicians calling every wish-list item of federal spending an “investment.” Not every item of spending — be it social or military or entitlement — is an “investment” designed to create some rate of return. It’s a feel-good buzzword that obfuscates the point that it’s an outlay that we won’t get back in terms of value, if not outright wasteful. And the Democrats are worse at this than the Republicans. We have a spending problem of epic proportions. That’s the fact, Jacqueline.
“I’m tired and done.” — 89Hen 3/27/22.