Our infrastructure has fallen into disrepair. There is also a lack of jobs. We can kill two birds with one stone. By implementing a federally funded operation, we could employ tens of thousands of people to work on repairing out roads, bridges, dams, and upgrade our electrical networks to be more resistant to EMP.
The History Channel special "The Crumbling of America" has shown the neglect we have thus far shown to our infrastructure. We must act to save it before the damage is irreversible. The fact that this will require the government to hire more workers to tackle this vast undertaking may help the economy. In a recession hoarding money is harmful. It is best to hoard money during a surplus so that when a recession hits it causes less damage.
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