WOWW, Part 2

WWOW: Where Obama Went Wrong
 
One thing I always enjoy about working with Governor Hunt is his passion and enthusiasm for new ideas. From primary-reading programs to Smart Start to new industry, he never stops pursuing bigger and better things for North Carolina.
 
So, naturally, he had a thought about what Obama might have done differently his first two years.
 
The problem with the stimulus bill, Governor Hunt believes, is that nobody knows where the money went. He supports the goal: jump-starting the economy. But it’s hard to know what we’re getting for our money.
 
What Would Jim Hunt Do?
 
“High-speed rail.” That’s his current passion. And he believes that Obama should have focused the stimulus money on that one big goal – rather than letting a thousand flowers bloom.
 
By now, Hunt believes, the nation could be laying the tracks for a transportation system that is cleaner, cheaper and safer than building miles and miles of highways and driving more and more cars. The work could have translated into thousands of new, identifiable jobs – and visible results.
 
And it would have been in a great Republican tradition: Lincoln and the land-grant colleges, Teddy Roosevelt and the national parks, Eisenhower and the Interstate highway system.
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WOWW, Part 2

WWOW: Where Obama Went Wrong
 
One thing I always enjoy about working with Governor Hunt is his passion and enthusiasm for new ideas. From primary-reading programs to Smart Start to new industry, he never stops pursuing bigger and better things for North Carolina.
 
So, naturally, he had a thought about what Obama might have done differently his first two years.
 
The problem with the stimulus bill, Governor Hunt believes, is that nobody knows where the money went. He supports the goal: jump-starting the economy. But it’s hard to know what we’re getting for our money.
 
What Would Jim Hunt Do?
 
“High-speed rail.” That’s his current passion. And he believes that Obama should have focused the stimulus money on that one big goal – rather than letting a thousand flowers bloom.
 
By now, Hunt believes, the nation could be laying the tracks for a transportation system that is cleaner, cheaper and safer than building miles and miles of highways and driving more and more cars. The work could have translated into thousands of new, identifiable jobs – and visible results.
 
And it would have been in a great Republican tradition: Lincoln and the land-grant colleges, Teddy Roosevelt and the national parks, Eisenhower and the Interstate highway system.
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