You guys are off your respective rockers. Secession? Sweet fancy Moses! Are you freaking joking? You have too much time on your hands.
For the record, FDR’s works programs created the following in Colorado:
-Red Rocks Amphitheater: The 3rd most visited attraction in Colorado has brought in HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars to the local economy since its opening. .
-Sewer systems, disposal plants and water filtration plants.
-3,500 miles of paved roads.
-Irrigation systems that were crucial to farming along the South Platte River.
-3,400 bridges.
-The first ski rope tow and trail on Aspen Mountain (last I checked Aspen is not owned by the government and provides millions of tourism dollars for local and state economies).
Does anybody sincerely want to argue that projects like these didn’t create jobs and money for the private sector? In inflation-adjusted terms, Red Rocks alone paid the tab in Colorado.
Do some REAL research instead of just repeating what Rush Limbaugh said today or what you read on Instapundit. That means actually contacting one of the men who worked in one of FDR’s WPA programs and finding out what it did for their lives. You will find that for many, it was THE experience that made them successful in the private sector.
