Coming to light in the wake of the Flint, Michigan water crisis is the fact that for years, water systems were built with lead-lined pipes in order to deter rusting. Conservative estimates are that it will cost trillions of dollars to replace those pipes throughout the U.S.
Does that arbitrarily mean that we have no intentions of fixing the problems and that Americans will just have to suffer through it?
Well, the unemployment problem in this country is huge. Think of what a positive economic impact it would be to put people to work on such a project, about the "new" money floating into the country's financial system and about the increased tax revenues to be generated. This truly is a "shovel ready project" with profound positive impacts... not a boondoggle pipe dream of some imbecilic president.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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