[quote=pri_dk][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]But you’re perfectly content to insist that we can throw tens or even hundreds of billions at public works projects and they’re magically gonna get built overnight. Uh, okay.[/quote]

And who is the one putting words in people’s mouths?

Brian never said anything of the sort. He never “insist[ed] that we can throw tens or even hundreds of billions at public works projects.”

All he said were a few general comments about infrastructure needs and the potential benefits of infrastructure projects – some basic macroeconomic ideas.

He never mentioned ARRA, or Obama, or “shovel-ready” – YOU brought all of this partisan political shit into the conversation.

You read what you want to read Allan, not what’s actually there.[/quote]

Pri: It’s interesting how you become suddenly obtuse and confused when the facts don’t fit your worldview.

My referencing Obama’s “shovel-ready” comment wasn’t partisan in the slightest: IT WAS TO MAKE A POINT. That point, you ask? Responding to Brian’s comment about Krugman’s stance on infrastructure, the stimulus package (which contained ARRA) and how those projects help the greater good. My point was that the existing public works system was nowhere near prepared for the influx of money that ARRA threw it’s way.

You misread my comment to mean something about ROI (it didn’t, but, hey, that’s besides the point, right?) and Brian took it to mean that I was somehow un-American and didn’t believe in our can-do spirit.

The reference to both Biden and Obama was a continued point (because you and Brian didn’t want to acknowledge it) that this administration lacked a fundamental understanding on how the public works system functioned and ruefully had to admit that their plan didn’t work. Partisan? Absolutely not. I would’ve bagged on a GOP president, had he/she been in power.

So, pri, spare me the “above the fray” BS. You have a nasty habit of making things personal (just ask CA Renter), intentionally misrepresenting what they actually mean, or attempting to change the flow of the discussion when you get caught out (just ask Dave, who gave you a justly deserved schooling).

Man, I would have loved to seen one of your op orders back in the day. They must have been doozies.