Is there a better term for "infrastructure"?

[Wetzelbill]

It sounds kind of boring. I'd like to see it framed in a better more appealing way. Not necessarily in an Orwellian manner or anything, just in a way that sounds better. One thing we can learn from the GOP is how to frame our ideas better.

on edit:

It seems I like the word "better."

[Ian David]

1. The Commons. n/t

[LSparkle]

5. BRAVO! (Are you a fellow Hartmann listener?)

That term NEEDS to be resurrected!

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Exactly....

[Ian David]

25. Of course, and yes. n/t

[ihavenobias]

32. Yes and yes.

Bill is right, "infrastructure" DOES sound boring to the average person. It's also vague to them, and that assumes they have any idea of what it really means.

[Wetzelbill]

6. that's good

[dysfunctional press]

20. that sounds like a small park where people meet up...not roads and bridges and sewers and such...

i don't see why anyone would have a problem with 'infrastructure' in the first place, seeing as that's exactly what it is.

[Ian David]

26. Domestic Strategic Assets. n/t

[BattyDem]

2. Necessities

:-)

[Wetzelbill]

8. that would work probably for a few different things

I could see that.

[librechik]

3. JOBS TO REBUILD AMERICA

[The Wielding Truth]

4. Three words; Roads and Bridges.....that's all..

[ThomWV]

27. Electrical grid, municipal sewer systems, city water supplies, airports, railroads, city sidewalks

And lots more.

[ThomWV]

28. Parks, dredged waterway, police departments, fire departments, the Environmental Protecton Agency

[ThomWV]

29. The Smithsonian, the Justice Department, and the grass on the mall.

[JeffR]

9. Stuff

& things.

Better?

[Wetzelbill]

10. DUzy nomination!

Oh wait...

Hey whatever happened to the guy that used to do those? I heard he's at Citigroup now.

[JeffR]

11. WAS at Citigroup.

Took a big bonus and split.

[Wetzelbill]

18. You know I kind of admire that though

I think my presidential run has shown that I have a corruption streak as well.

[JeffR]

19. Go with it.

Robbie Robertson put it best:

"She said "There's one thing you've got to learn
Is not to be afraid of it."
I said "No, I like it, I like it, it's good."
She said "You like it now
But you'll learn to love is later."

[Wetzelbill]

23. Just so you know

Your wife and I are conspiring on facebook. You know, world domination that sort of thing. She makes Kurovski look like Gandhi. You have unleashed forces that are now beyond your control.

But at least you have that golden parachute cash to fall back on. :)

[JeffR]

30. Not surprising.

I think she's out to prove that Chicago-style politics got nothing on New York. She makes the same point about New York pizza.

[leftyclimber]

12. Respectfully, I'd like to expand that.

"Stuff and things we use all the time."








Too long?

[JeffR]

13. That's an improvement.

:thumbsup:

[dysfunctional press]

21. maybe you could shorten it to one all-encompassing word...

:think: how about..."infrastructure"?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

14. How about that term "refurbished". Wouldn't something have to

be furbed first? I really don't care for that term... never seen anything furbed in my days on this planet.

[Davis_X_Machina]

15. They used to be called 'public works'...

...an ancient and honorable word, with its roots in ancient Rome, till the GOP poisoned the word 'public'.

[Wetzelbill]

17. They are good at poisoning stuff

[Posteritatis]

33. ...and "work" (nt)

[skids]

16. chassis? n/t

[dysfunctional press]

22. public network(s)...? utilities folder?

:shrug:

[Catshrink]

24. Jobs?

[Kurovski]

31. "Gravity Insurance."

Like, to keep from falling into rivers and shit like that.