It will take strong, aggressive presidential leadership to sell this idea to the American people and get them solidly behind it. It will take governmental funding that is, without question, available by reducing the massive defense budget. There would have to be a government/business sector consortium created that would, collectively, design and develop this new jobs program. America has the scientists, engineers and other technical expertise needed to make it successful. The involvement of America's colleges and universities and their research capabilities would be very beneficial to these efforts.
There is nothing more important to the future of America than creating these new industries and new jobs for our workers; there is nothing that has the great potential for jump starting our consumer-driven economy than the development of new, alternative sources of energy. This is a rare opportunity to, once again, achieve greatness in America; an opportunity that we simply cannot and must not fail to seize.
Great achievements are within our grasp. America must no longer think about what we would have done, what we should have done or could have done; it's a time for greatness to re-emerge, time to get rid of mediocrity; time to become proactive rather than remaining reactive. We've reached a critical crossroads and we must take the right direction by initiating this revolutionary jobs program; one of such magnitude that it will, someday, be remembered as a defining moment in this nation's history.
Michael Payne
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