If anything stands out about America today, it is the loss of the 'can do' spirit that motivated America from FDR till the eighties when the war turned inward against the very values that had made America great. Interesting and obvious solution to all the whining of present day Americans detailed below. But does America have the will to act, seems doubtful given the crazies in the house of representatives.
"The world needs infrastructure -- and if the West doesn't take advantage of that need, China definitely will."
"For now, the only country taking infrastructure seriously, both at home and overseas, may be China, with its railroads across Africa; a state-of-the-art sports center in Tanzania; or the Hainan power grid, which will link the island of Hainan to mainland China. The World Bank has estimated that Chinese income is now 6 percent higher than it would have been without the construction of a huge-scale national highway system. It's another reminder that infrastructure works, whether you build bridges in your backyard or halfway across the world."
The Road To Prosperity - An FP Slide Show | Foreign Policy
"The world needs infrastructure -- and if the West doesn't take advantage of that need, China definitely will."
"For now, the only country taking infrastructure seriously, both at home and overseas, may be China, with its railroads across Africa; a state-of-the-art sports center in Tanzania; or the Hainan power grid, which will link the island of Hainan to mainland China. The World Bank has estimated that Chinese income is now 6 percent higher than it would have been without the construction of a huge-scale national highway system. It's another reminder that infrastructure works, whether you build bridges in your backyard or halfway across the world."
The Road To Prosperity - An FP Slide Show | Foreign Policy
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