What makes America Great
We have lost sight of what makes America great. It is not our military might or our currency or our power. It is we create and invent things that are neet and others want. We have to stop thinking that others are stealing our jobs or be afraid we are being overtaken by China or any other country.
At this time in our history we need to take the lead and make a new industry flourish. We need to go green BIG GREEN. We need a Green bubble. Imagine if we put all the time and effort we now expend and put it into remaking America. Wow that would take the rest of the world's breath away.
The federal government has a unique ability to create the infrastructure to make it happen. By leveraging the government's purchasing power we can create the environment and hardware to make it so. Every government facility can be recruited to participate in creating the hardware for electric cars and stations for recharging. Every bus on every street in every city can be fitted for natural gas. Every city can go green and off the grid by installing sustainable energy on all its buildings. Every house can have an energy audit and buy components to make itself independant of the energy grid.
We need sensible mass transit and high speed rail to compete with the flying buses of the airline industry. We need to stop talking about not being able to afford things and find ways to fund them. We speak of free enterprise and markets like they really exist...they don't. We subsidize and support with government largess all manner of industies. The airline industry could not exist without government support. So what makes them so special at the expense of rail? We need to stop putting public transportation in places one would never go if given the chance. Look at where bus stations are. In the most seedy sections of our cities. We need transportation where we don't need a car to get to it. I want to walk a short distance from my home and get to wherever I want to go and back without need for an auto. This can happen. We can do this. If we have the will and support of our elected officials.
At this time in our history we need to take the lead and make a new industry flourish. We need to go green BIG GREEN. We need a Green bubble. Imagine if we put all the time and effort we now expend and put it into remaking America. Wow that would take the rest of the world's breath away.
The federal government has a unique ability to create the infrastructure to make it happen. By leveraging the government's purchasing power we can create the environment and hardware to make it so. Every government facility can be recruited to participate in creating the hardware for electric cars and stations for recharging. Every bus on every street in every city can be fitted for natural gas. Every city can go green and off the grid by installing sustainable energy on all its buildings. Every house can have an energy audit and buy components to make itself independant of the energy grid.
We need sensible mass transit and high speed rail to compete with the flying buses of the airline industry. We need to stop talking about not being able to afford things and find ways to fund them. We speak of free enterprise and markets like they really exist...they don't. We subsidize and support with government largess all manner of industies. The airline industry could not exist without government support. So what makes them so special at the expense of rail? We need to stop putting public transportation in places one would never go if given the chance. Look at where bus stations are. In the most seedy sections of our cities. We need transportation where we don't need a car to get to it. I want to walk a short distance from my home and get to wherever I want to go and back without need for an auto. This can happen. We can do this. If we have the will and support of our elected officials.
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