We
could have transformed poverty-stricken inner cities by means of massive
construction and refurbishing projects, and dramatically improved public
transportation -- making it much easier for people to get to work and back,
thereby greatly expanding the number of job opportunities available to them.
We
could have completely modernized public schools, halved the size of classes,
improved the pay and quality of teachers, and provided enough computers for
every kid in the country.
We
could have trained and hired enough teachers to educate vastly more of our
children in the skills and software needed to be competitive in today's rapidly
evolving economy.
We
could have boldly invested in clean energy technologies to heal the environment
-- as
China is now doing, with half a trillion dollars in spending every year.
We
could have built high-speed bullet trains to make it easier (and
faster) when traveling through and between congested urban areas.
And,
as
Foster Gamble revealed in his groundbreaking independent film Thrive, we
could have ended
poverty and environmental destruction -- for as little as $200 billion a
year.
But instead of any of this happening,
the "one percent" got to upgrade their already lavish lifestyles --
while much of the middle class was forced to sink ever deeper into the Next Great Depression, as economist Paul Krugman recently called it.
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