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This is a great comment. Thank you for leaving it. Very well thought out and concise.

This is one of the biggest problems I have with Obama (and politicians in general): they apply the word "investment" to things that aren't "investments." Have they ever acquainted themselves with the definition of the word? Because the definition of the word is like you said, something which is expected to yield a return. It isn't an "investment" if you're just pouring money into a pit and burning it. Or giving it to people. Or creating or sustaining $50,000/year jobs at the expense of $1,000,000. But "investment" sounds good. So politicians bandy it about. All they're doing is spending.