A New Deal Coalition for a New America

According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, we're going to need to begin investing $3 trillion dollars during this decade to rebuild and maintain our existing infrastructure. We've neglected our infrastructure for far too long. Instead of maintaining our roads, highways, bridges and pipelines, we've lavished massive windfalls on the super-rich and on big "defence" companies like Lockheed. 

During a time when there are millions and millions of Americans that would like a full-time job and can't find one, wouldn't it make sense to launch a New Deal "Public Works Administration" to make these much needed investments in our nation's infrastructural well-being? 

In Western-Europe and Asia, men and women are boarding high-speed trains which link different countries to one another. In America, we don't even have high-speed rails connecting our states. In Germany, the Autobahn is in much better condition than Interstate 95. We need to be following these examples. 

We need another New Deal Coalition to lead this nation to greatness. We need "leadership" that has a plan for dealing with today by preparing us for tomorrow. We need a national high-speed rail system. We need to repair our Interstate Highway System. We need to make sure we have modern pipelines in our urban centres instead of rusted and leaking pipes that breed water contamination and waste.

Furthermore, given the water shortages which we are now facing, I believe the time has come for us to reconsider the North American Water and Power Alliance. The North American Water and Power Alliance was first conceived as an idea for providing America with a guaranteed source of water and energy.

Infrastructure and construction spending yields a big bang for each invested dollar. Each $1 billion we appropriate for infrastructure will yield an estimated 18,000 jobs for hard-working middle class Americans. A broad-based "Rebuild America" New Deal would create millions of new jobs and would ensure that we remain at the cutting edge of economic, social and technological progress.