Barry Lehrman, Architect and editor of the website Archinect writes an editorial that starts with a hilarious typo about how we cannot "maintain the Gordon Gecko greed and wonton consumption of the last 30 years."- but I love wonton! However he recovers to note:
"If we can rebuild our financial institutions and economy to care about the triple bottom line and the well-being of our world - the $700b will have been well spent.
If we can rebuild our government to serve the people and not wealth - the $700b will have been well spent.
If we can spark innovation and pay for basic science research to create a new green economy - the $700b will have been well spent.
If we can replace and repair our neglected infrastructure with state-of-the-art green pipes and systems - the $700b will have been well spent.
If we can teach our children, parents, and peers that the conservation of energy and resources is the simplest step to pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps - then the $700b will have been well spent.
If we take this moment to do right, to care about those without, to share our love and happiness, to appreciate life a little more – then there is hope." ::Archinect
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