There have also been a variety of other contracts awarded around the state including power plant upgrades, upgrading for the generator cooling system at the Wolf Creek Dam, and cleaning and maintenance of the navigation channel on the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway.
Politicians are much more interested in talking about change than they are in actually legislating it; they prefer to champion just one specific issue at a time so as not to appear too independent; and they can't keep themselves from back sliding into the now archaic distinction between investors and poor people.
As Investors, we represent the single biggest voter block in the country. We must respond in one voice to the endless political drivel with a resounding "Money Talks, BS Walks". We want decision makers who design laws that aid economic freedoms, not lawmakers who make decisions that restrict them. Here's the MTBSW "Financial Plan" for the 2008 Election. Dot Connectors Wanted!
There is no "Social Security Trust Fund"... no investments and no Investment Managers. There was always a tax plan for funding the benefits, but never an Investment Plan. This is a gigantic Government designed and controlled Ponzi scheme that has worked incredibly well in spite of congressional tinkering and prohibitively high cost.