country. together. we constructed railroads and highways, the hoover dam and the golden gate bridge. we did those things together. >> and by the way, those things were good for business. >> indeed. and, in fact, if we relied on the private sector to give us our transportation system it would be very easy to get from los angeles to new york and washington to new york, and good luck getting huntsville, alabama. where there are people who need jobs and have goods and services that they produce that they would like to contribute to the global economy. there are lots of areas of life that can't be addressed without government. that goes from things like picking up the trash and delivering mail, which wh that was important, which putting enough research dollars into high-growth industries and produce jobs. >> the way you point that, that kind of longer time horizon, the idea of not being accountable to