Obama and The Internet

In light of the 533,000 jobs lost in November, we are going to need a lot of jobs. On Saturday Obama outlined his vision for the reviving the American economy. He plans to create jobs with WPA style projects upgrading roads, schools and energy efficiency in a public-works program whose scale has been unseen since construction of the interstate highway system in the 1950s. One of the programs that excites me is the expansion of broadband access across the country.

“It is unacceptable that the United States ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption,” Mr. Obama said. “Here, in the country that invented the Internet, every child should have the chance to get online.”

Now, I don't think the internet will solve educations problems per say, but this sort of investment is what we need. These sorts of programs will create jobs now and increase the efficiency and robustness of our economy in the future. Science funding works the same way, it is an investment in our future as a nation and a global community.