electrication

We are, today, the beneficiaries not only of the economy created by the New Deal, but also many of its public investments, from hydroelectric power, to rural electrication, to soil conservation, to historical preservation, and even to classic buildings that would otherwise not have been constructed.

Paul Abrams: Wanted: A Good Keynesian. Massive Public Investment Will Fix the Economy 2008

The taking of tax dollars from some communities to help extend rural electrication to the rest of the country and then ending the program when the folks in these communities were due after waiting patiently for decades was the perfect illustration of 'I got mine, so long sucker.'

The sublime moment of the day. Ann Althouse 2008