AMERICA NEEDS ITS EDGE BACK

摘要

Finally, barack obama found the passion. "Building a world-class transportation system is part of what made us an economic superpower," he thundered in his jobs speech on the evening of Sept. 8. "And now we're going to sit back and watch China build newer airports and faster railroads? At a time when millions of unemployed construction workers could build them right here in America?" Obama's urgency was rightly about jobs first and foremost. But he wasn't talking only about jobs when he mentioned investing in America-he was talking about our competitiveness, and our edge in the world. And it's a point he must keep pressing.