For me, the whole Columbia River Highway is the right kind of public works project.
I love Multnomah Falls (although I think Horseshoe Falls is my favorite), love Timberline Lodge (and miss snowboarding, even though I sucked at it). Love lots of what they did. That is the model for me. People at work, money in their pockets, not on welfare, not sitting idle, contributing to the country, and contributing in such a way that 70 years later, we are still saying "Damn. That is impressive!" On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know the details of the smoking cessation program. For so much > of the stimulus bill the devil is in the details. But I agree with > your analysis. If a project puts more people to work short term on > projects that are dependable and provide long term benefit, then I am > in favor of it. Projects that dump money into a hole without expanding > the labor market or at least providing stability to the existing > workforce are non-starters. > > I think of the projects around here that were built during the great > depression by the CCC like Timberline Lodge. Some gorgeous amazing > stuff that has lasted a long time. My grandfather was joking on Sunday > about knowing which trees were felled by CCC boys because the stumps > had a crown on top instead of being flat. They didn't understand that > you needed to pull a buck saw, not push. But they still ended up > producing some great things and provided people sorely in need with > jobs and training that kept them afloat and gave them hope for the > future. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287401 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
