Well spent stimulus funds...
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Jayhawkk
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It makes no sense, where does this stimulate anything other than some fence builders... If you want to build an expensive fence I have a few other ideas that would probably yield better results... Why would you invest over a million dollars to prevent people from jumping from a bridge to kill themselves??
****ing boggles the imagination.
****ing boggles the imagination.
dpfisher
Guest
Seems like it would only stop fat people since anyone else could climb the fence.
RobInKuwait
Registered User
The whole stimulus package is based on faulty economic logic: the Keynesian multiplier. The Keynesian multiplier basically says that 1+1=3.....ie 1 dollar spent by the public sector increases the velocity of money and "primes the pump". The problem with this theory is that it is based on two faulty assumptions:
1. that government spending does not inhibit private sector spending. If the government taxes, that is taking capital out of the economy. If the government borrows money, that is taking away capital that could have been spent on the private. A dollar is a dollar, no matter who spends it.
2. that government spends money more efficiently than the private sector. Do I need to even argue this point?
Now an economy like china for instance can benefit from a stimulus for two reasons:
1. they have room to grow on infrastructure compared to the already developed US.
2. They're spending government surpluses, not government deficits.
RobInKuwait
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saludable24
Active member
If stimulus money is spent on ANY fencing it should be for the freaking BORDER FENCE to the south. And as unfortunate if someone is determined to off themselves like that, they will go find another bridge or some other way.
EasyEJL
Never enough
because you are a democrat and can get positive tv media coverage for building it.
RobInKuwait
Registered User
Heh, I didn't realize he was being sarcastic. :laugh:
heywood
Member
Yeah, I ran into this when I lived in Marin County, CA...I wanted to ride my bicycle into SF to see a friend's show but didn't realize that the walkway on the GG bridge is closed at 8:30 or 9pm to pedestrian/cyclist traffic WTF??? There is no public transport over the bridge at this time of night except the bus which almost never runs at night...f***ing overly liberal f***heads! What they're trying to say is that as a ped./cyclist you are not a citizen in this case.
Trying to keep people from offing themselves is absolutely the stupidest thing I can fathom: if somebody wants to commit their body to the deep, I may try to talk to them but setting up automatic gates to shut off a bridge from ped. traffic is rather insulting to the public.
Trying to keep people from offing themselves is absolutely the stupidest thing I can fathom: if somebody wants to commit their body to the deep, I may try to talk to them but setting up automatic gates to shut off a bridge from ped. traffic is rather insulting to the public.
Iron Warrior
Registered User
My goodness, how will they prevent someone from blasting their brains or inhaling fumes in a garage ! I don't know what they would even spend on suicide prevention since a real suicidal person will find a way. I guess they can always spend the $$$ on worse things like preaching abstinence LOL.
