$30B IT Stimulus Will Create Almost 1 Million Jobs 809
itif writes "This report takes a look at how many jobs you get if you invest $10 billion each in three different IT infrastructure projects — broadband, health IT and the smart grid. It argues that if you are going to be spending billions on a stimulus package, investing in 'digital infrastructure' creates more jobs than physical infrastructure (e.g. roads and bridges) in the short-term, and you get a whole host of other benefits in the long-term."
A million jobs (Score:2, Funny)
in INDIA. That's the part they left out.
Re:I have Animal Farm on the brain (Score:3, Funny)
I'm all for abandoning roads and bridges (Score:5, Funny)
It's the only way automakers will finally have enough motivation to give us our flying cars. This the future, dammit.
Re:Bad economics (Score:1, Funny)
Gasp! True libertarian thinking on slashdot?
Welcome to -1
Re:Or... (Score:5, Funny)
Tomato..tomato..
You do realize that that particular idiom doesn't translate well to text-based communication, right? ;)
Re:It can't all be digital (Score:1, Funny)
Two words: Giant catapults!
Re:Love it! (Score:1, Funny)
Your rates won't go up, but you'll probably die before you get that MRI!
Re:Why the Soviet Union Collapsed... (Score:5, Funny)