New National Park
As part of the plan to fix Social Security, the Federal Government is looking to revise the National Park road building program to get around the objections raised by other pesky branches of the federal government. (Without actually cutting off the other branches, the executive would like to do its part to make sure that they wither and fade in an expedited manner)
In an appeal to civil libertarians, who heretofore have been ridden over roughsod by the administration, the revised proposal calls for the building of hundreds of miles of no-speed limit roads through federal lands. These roads will be unbanked, no-guardrail-style roads in remote (formerly pristine) areas with special areas reserved for primitive (no-catalytic converter) only use. By including a primitive use area, the all-important NASCAR lobby will fall into the fold, as will the survivalist camp.
Positive externalities include
- a large benefit to social security from social darwinism effects
- helping control the overpopulation of game in our national parks
- support the fuels production industry
- an excellent use for the dirtiest refining fraction (asphalt) and a replenishment of the VOC loading in the atmosphere that declined as a consequence of catalytic converters
- replace loss in home-building jobs with health care and body shop jobs
So there you have it.... progress at every price.