I am once again asking you to consider that an entire information ecosystem established as the primary form of communication over a hundred years and allegedly regulated by the federal government was destroyed by scammers virtually overnight and we just don’t, like, ever talk about it
The first rule of avoiding scam calls is to never answer unknown numbers, and even some known ones.
Curious? Bored? Worried it’s an emergency? Wait the extra minute it takes for the call to go to voice mail, then decide if it’s legitimate.
I maintain that anyone who is able to put together a political coalition that can actually solve this problem will be treated as a deity
"yes, I murdered a puppy, but I also fixed spam calls"
"let us re-elect you with 95% of the vote"
My platform:
Crack down on scam callers
National high speed rail
Postal banking
I sweep 54 states and the Supreme Court personally hand me my crown so that I my coronate myself
The problem is this: National high speed rail is probably a 25-35 year project bc we have completely impoverished our public sector infrastructure construction.
We don't have the workforce trained to do it.
A four year term is just inadequate to accomplish anything significant
Yes.
The problem we have is that we allocate the money for a project, realize we don't have the skilled workforce to actually do it, then spend 15% of the budget training workers just in time for the next administration to cancel the project and point out that we have nothing to show for the money
Voters need tangible things so they can see how cool it is.
Like, a high speed line from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh through Dayton and Columbus could probably be done in a term if the planning was ready to roll on day one of a presidency.
I figure if the American voter can stomach the F-35 and its 2 trillion dollar price tag for a bunch of dogshit planes, then I don’t think it’s unreasonable for them to be able to deal with it taking more than a few to achieve transcontinental connectivity
I basically agree with you. I just think big infrastructure projects aren't going to influence voters bc the guy after you... Or maybe the guy after them will actually cut the ribbon on anything more complicated than a public park.
