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Wonkish1
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« Reply #25 on: October 16, 2011, 03:14:48 PM »

Man, if only interest rates were at historic lows and there were millions of unemployed people, we could borrow the money cheaply and hire the people easily to rebuild our infrastructure! Oh well...

Hush, little padawan. If the government borrowed to invest in infrastructure, education or anything else, it would divert badly needed capital and employees from the private sector where they are being used to the max already. This is called the "crowding out" effect. There's nothing to spare!

Again, You don't understand how markets operate on the margins not based on available stock(stock as in quantity, I'm not referring to equities).
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« Reply #26 on: October 16, 2011, 04:43:56 PM »
« Edited: October 16, 2011, 05:07:47 PM by Certified Swill »

HIGH SPEED RAIL! HIGH SPEED RAIL! HIGH SPEED RAIL!

It can't happen until we manage to get the costs of construction down. $100 million for a light rail station is too much.

Read: http://vbn.aau.dk/files/14076659/Comparison_of_Capital_Costs.pdf

The two most expensive Euro-projects were in urban centers, thus the high price. I don't understand why it's so much higher here. We need shiny highways:



Big airports:



And big and shiny train stations:



Why? This is America. We think big. This is the modern infrastructure we need. Not the dingy stuff that's outdone by Congo-Brazzaville.



http://lettersfromitia.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/american-airports-culture-shock-for-international-travelers/
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« Reply #27 on: October 16, 2011, 06:01:52 PM »

Investment on the home front is not profitable anymore for the "1 percent."
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« Reply #28 on: October 16, 2011, 06:07:21 PM »

Investment on the home front is not profitable anymore for the "1 percent."

They spend more of their time in China, anyway. Singapore Airlines First Class is worth waiting in some run-down terminal.
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« Reply #29 on: October 18, 2011, 04:47:28 PM »

So I'm looking to see if anybody can really impress me here. Why do you think bank lending has all of a sudden started increasing by a pretty noticeable amount? Particularly to small businesses?

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/banks-start-to-make-more-loans/?scp=1&sq=eric%20dash%20ben%20protess&st=cse
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« Reply #30 on: October 19, 2011, 10:13:25 AM »

So I'm looking to see if anybody can really impress me here. Why do you think bank lending has all of a sudden started increasing by a pretty noticeable amount? Particularly to small businesses?

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/banks-start-to-make-more-loans/?scp=1&sq=eric%20dash%20ben%20protess&st=cse

Nobody even wants to through out a few guesses?
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