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Bridge to Somewhere

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Heard on 91.7 WVXU on May 28, 2009 President Barack Obama’s plan to create jobs by building infrastructure invites comparisons to another president. Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to manufacture jobs by building bridges, sewers, schools and even ski jumps. Historians disagree about how much FDR’s New Deal programs eased the Depression in the short [...]

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