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OPEN COLUMN ; Real economic stimulus is investing in new jobs
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Columbia Daily Tribune
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February 7, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright 2008 Columbia Daily Tribune. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Editor, the Tribune: Shouldn't stimulus suggest a quick reaction
to provide a positive long-term effect? Writing a check and hoping
people will spend might provide a quick boost in consumerism, but it
does nothing to assist our long-term economic health.
Extending unemployment benefits is more effective than quick
cash, but real stimulus would come as a result of bricks-and-mortar
spending. For years, we have neglected the infrastructure in this
country. The results are dangerous bridges, crumbling highways and
deteriorating inner cities, schools and public health facilities. If
we used the stimulus money to start repairing and rebuilding our
infrastructure, we would not only create jobs, ...
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