Reply To: CALL YOUR SENATOR TODAY!!

[Claudia Chalfa]

well, that is the Republican argument, David…that cutting taxes will fix the problem.

The problem is, it doesn’t do any good to cut your taxes if you don’t have a job. I’m pretty moderate; I think that the economic stimulus should include both tax cuts and spending, and I am glad to see they are trimming some of the pork out of the bill. But the reality is we are going to have to spend some money to fix this economy. And if Coburn’s bill goes through, then the infrastructure money will go straight to DOT and civil engineers, and more ugly roads will be built in places where they aren’t needed, and they won’t be well-designed and pedestrian friendly, either. So why not take that money and create something beautiful that will actually make America a nicer place to live? Isn’t that what landscape architects do?