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Insufficient commuter and light rail is big macroeconomic problem
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The lack of sufficient commuter rail and light rail in the US is an enormous, acute and chronic macroeconomic problem.
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What should Obama do next? »
What should Obama do next?
What should Obama do next?☜A series of debate maps for The Independent exploring the question of what Obama and America should do next on the main policy issues facing the new administration after the inauguraton on 20 January 2009.☜F1CEB7
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Economic and Social Policy? »
Economic and Social Policy?
Economic and Social Policy?☜What domestic economic and social policies should the Obama administration adopt?☜FFB597
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Domestic Economic Policy? »
Domestic Economic Policy?
Domestic Economic Policy?☜What domestic economic policies should the Obama administration implement?☜FFB597
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Public investment driven economic recovery plan »
Public investment driven economic recovery plan
Public investment driven economic recovery plan☜The Obama administration should launch a significant public investment plan to help drive economic recovery.☜59C6EF
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Massive investment in public highway system »
Massive investment in public highway system
Massive investment in public highway system☜The Obama administration should launch a massive investment program in the nations highway system to improve the quality of roads and bridges.☜9FDEF6
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Investment in rail transport preferable to roads »
Investment in rail transport preferable to roads
Investment in rail transport preferable to roads☜It would make more sense for the Obama administration to invest heavily in the public rail transport system than in the highway system of roads and bridges.☜EF597B
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Insufficient commuter and light rail is big macroeconomic problem
Insufficient commuter and light rail is big macroeconomic problem☜The lack of sufficient commuter rail and light rail in the US is an enormous, acute and chronic macroeconomic problem.☜98CE71
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Poor infrastructure leads to lost work hours and wasted capital »
Poor infrastructure leads to lost work hours and wasted capital
Poor infrastructure leads to lost work hours and wasted capital☜The current poor rail infrastructure in the US results in a enormous number of lost work hours and huge volume of wasted capital.☜FF97FF
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Rail investment would reduce economic waste »
Rail investment would reduce economic waste
Rail investment would reduce economic waste☜Investment in rail infrastructure would recapture a substantial proporition of the lost work hours and enable better use of capital.☜FF97FF
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Recapturing waste would boost Nation's GDP significantly »
Recapturing waste would boost Nation's GDP significantly
Recapturing waste would boost Nation's GDP significantly☜The lost work hours and wasted capital endured in at least 10-15 large American cities would, if captured, likely represent a non-trivial shift in the nation’s GDP—i.e. the investiment in rail transport would have a huge back-end payoff.☜FF97FF
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Investment in roads inconsistent with environment policy
A massive investment in roads and bridges would be inconistent with the Obama team's carbon and climate legislation plans.
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Investment in rail transport preferable to roads
It would make more sense for the Obama administration to invest heavily in the public rail transport system than in the highway system of roads and bridges.
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Seattle
Seattle would benefit significantly from investment in commuter rail and light rail.
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San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay would benefit significantly from investment in commuter rail and light rail.
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LA-Orange-SD Counties
LA-Orange-SD Counties would benefit significantly from investment in commuter rail and light rail.
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Dallas-Ft Worth
Dallas-Ft Worth would benefit significantly from investment in commuter rail and light rail.
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Miami
Miami would benefit significantly from investment in commuter rail and light rail.
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