Solid Infrastructure Plan

There is no one solution to the current foreclosure crisis in America. Instead there are multiple solutions. Some go straight for the heart of the problem while others take a longer route. Some are effective solutions while others are just quick fixes. I think that there is a solution that will have long term effects and fix the current foreclosure crisis. I call this solution the “Solid Infrastructure Plan.” This plan not only fixes the foreclosure crisis, but fixes the unemployment problem and repairs the deteriorating American infrastructure.

In an essence the entire foreclosure crisis is a result of the current unemployment crisis. The reason for all the foreclosures is that people have no money to pay their mortgage. If their mortgage does not get paid the lender, whether it be a bank or a building society, can foreclose on the property. In order to fix the foreclosure crisis one must fix the unemployment crisis first, because the foreclosure crisis and the unemployment crisis are in direct correlation. If one worsens then so does the other. If one gets better then the other one does the same.

The first and largest part of my “Solid Infrastructure Plan” is to create jobs. In order to do this I propose that we fix the failing American infrastructure. The 2009 Infrastructure report card gave an overall grade of “D” nationwide, so there is plenty of work to be done. My plan involves three areas that contributed to the overall grade listed above: “Roads”, “Rail”, and “Inland Waterways”. Both “Roads” and “Inland Waterways” received a “D-“on the report card while “Rail” received a “C-“. Looking at these grades one can say without a doubt that there is plenty of work to be done.

When first reading the report card the grade f...

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...the unemployment crisis are in direct correlation. As said before when one issue is addressed, the other is as well. My plan fixes both by fixing one. The foreclosure crisis is an eminent problem and should be fixed now. If America continues to ignore this problem then we will continue to fall deeper into a recession. In order to fix the foreclosure crisis as well as any future crisis or problem, we must act at once instead of waiting until the problem is compounded. We must stop avoiding the problems and address them now. Waiting only allows time for the problem to grow into a crisis such as the one faced now. Many of our economic problems are in direct correlation with each other. If we address one, we have the opportunity to fix many. As one great man put it “We must kill many birds with one stone, not one bird with one stone, for that will get us no where fast.”