[CAnet - news] Stimulus dollars in ICT infrastructure will have greater impact than traditional infrastructure
"Bill St. Arnaud" <[email protected]> Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:47:45 -0500
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For more information on this item please visit my blog at
http://green-broadband.blogspot.com/ or http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com
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[I fully agree with this reports recommendations and would argue further
that investment specifically in "green" ICT infrastructure will have an even
bigger impact and achieve 3 important goals: create a stimulus for the
economy, accelerate rollout of competitive broadband and reduce the nations
carbon footprint - BSA]
http://www.itif.org/index.php?id=212
Directing stimulus dollars toward IT infrastructure will have a greater
impact on jobs and productivity than investment in traditional
infrastructure, the report argues, because of the potential to indirectly
create new jobs through the growth of new services and applications that
depend on IT.
"With the U.S. economy now mired in a deep, and potentially prolonged,
recession, increased investment is one of the best tools to stimulate
aggregate demand and quickly get American workers back on payrolls,"
the report says. "Ignoring IT infrastructure investments will do nothing to
save U.S. taxpayers' money; instead, it will simply shift the proportion of
the economic stimulus money that goes to other areas, some of which,
including personal consumption, do not offer many added benefits such as
longer-term economic growth or innovation."
ITIF Releases New Report
The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost
Productivity and Revitalize America
As Congress considers a substantial stimulus package to get the economy
moving, investing in new economy digital infrastructures will provide
significant opportunities not just for short-term stimulus and job creation,
but also longer term economic and social benefits. In the report, "The
Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity
and Revitalize America," ITIF provides a detailed analysis and estimate of
the short-term jobs impacts of spurring investment in three critical digital
networks: broadband networks, the smart grid (making the electric
distribution system intelligent) and health IT, and outlines policy steps to
spur this investment.
ITIF finds that investments in America's digital infrastructure will spur
significant job creation in the short run. Specifically, ITIF estimates
that spurring an additional investment of $30 billion in America's IT
network infrastructure in 2009 will create approximately 949,000 U.S. jobs.
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText>For more information on this item please visit =
my blog at
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><a =
href=3D"http://green-broadband.blogspot.com/">http://green-broadband.blog=
spot.com/</a>
or <a =
href=3D"http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com">http://billstarnaud.blogspot.co=
m</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText> [I fully agree with this reports =
recommendations and
would argue further that investment specifically in “green” =
ICT infrastructure
will have an even bigger impact and achieve 3 important goals: create a =
stimulus
for the economy, accelerate rollout of competitive broadband and reduce =
the
nations carbon footprint – BSA]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><a =
href=3D"http://www.itif.org/index.php?id=3D212">http://www.itif.org/index=
.php?id=3D212</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Directing stimulus dollars toward IT =
infrastructure will
have a greater impact on jobs and productivity than investment in =
traditional
infrastructure, the report argues, because of the potential to =
indirectly
create new jobs through the growth of new services and applications that =
depend
on IT.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText>"With the U.S. economy now mired in a deep, =
and
potentially prolonged, recession, increased investment is one of the =
best tools
to stimulate aggregate demand and quickly get American workers back on
payrolls," <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText>the report says. "Ignoring IT =
infrastructure
investments will do nothing to save U.S. taxpayers' money; instead, it =
will
simply shift the proportion of the economic stimulus money that goes to =
other
areas, some of which, including personal consumption, do not offer many =
added
benefits such as longer-term economic growth or =
innovation."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><span
style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;color:#405CAE'>ITIF Releases New Report<br>
<i>The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost
Productivity and Revitalize America</i> <br>
</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText>As Congress considers a substantial stimulus =
package to
get the economy moving, investing in new economy digital infrastructures =
will
provide significant opportunities not just for short-term stimulus and =
job
creation, but also longer term economic and social benefits. In =
the
report, “The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create =
Jobs,
Boost Productivity and Revitalize America,” ITIF provides a =
detailed
analysis and estimate of the short-term jobs impacts of spurring =
investment in
three critical digital networks: broadband networks, the smart grid =
(making the
electric distribution system intelligent) and health IT, and outlines =
policy
steps to spur this investment.<br>
<br>
ITIF finds that investments in America’s digital infrastructure =
will spur
significant job creation in the short run. Specifically, ITIF
estimates that spurring an additional investment of $30 billion in
America’s IT network infrastructure in 2009 will create =
approximately
949,000 U.S. jobs.<br>
<br>
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