(01-23-2018 10:14 AM)miko33 Wrote:  I am a big supporter of infrastructure projects as part of gov't policy. Obama's presidency would have been seen more favorably by all if he would have focused much more efforts on developing and delivering on huge infrastructure projects as stimulus instead of bailing out municipal gov'ts and working on healthcare.

IMHO, the building of the interstate system was probably the greatest accomplishment of the 20th century for economic benefit. Without it, the mobility we gained from the invention of the car and truck would be not nearly as great. The commerce gains from transportation was huge. To this day, we are still benefiting greatly.

Whether people like them or not, Walmart's success in large part is related to the interstate system. Amazon wouldn't be viable but for the transportation infrastructure.

While I'm not one of those who buys the idea that health insurance is an unenumerated 9th Amendment right, I do think we should look at it as an infrastructure issue.

Health costs inflate the cost of property and casualty insurance, workers comp, malpractice (since part of the claim is for corrective treatment), as well as inflating labor costs.