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Trump Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon Is a Fan of Satan. Yes, Really.

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goddamnedfrank11/18/2016 2:19:37 pm PST

re: #133 lawhawk

Dumbassery is contagious. Ben Shapiro ruminates in it:

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Trump’s infrastructure plan is a farce, and it’s fleecing of the public good in favor of pushing wealth to the rich.

That’s not what FDR’s infrastructure plans were.

Let’s see what FDR plans built:

WPA - everything from things like Jones Beach, National Park System infrastructure, bridges and tunnels from the Triborough Bridge, to the parkways.

CCC - National Park infrastructure, etc.

REA - national electrification project.

TVA - supplies water and power to much of the Southeast (and provided power to Oak Ridge, which enabled construction of Manhattan Project and post-war nuclear research/manufacturing facilities

Etc.

GOP solution at the time was…. crickets.

FDR also implemented his plan when unemployment was at an all time high, not historic lows like today. This plan made a lot more sense when Obama asked for it in 2008, but the Republicans blocked it then because they wanted to fuck over the first black President more than they wanted to rebuild the country. Now? If they want to work on actually decaying infrastructure like roads and bridges fine, but they’re buying against an already thriving commodity and labor market, low interest rates notwithstanding. On top of that I have little faith that these clowns could properly prioritize their way through Sunday brunch let alone a public works project of this magnitude. The capacity for grift is enormous and that I think is the real motivator here.