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On May 18, 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act (TVA) was signed by FDR. Real infrastructure. Why can't we do this now? From the article:
"Tennessee Valley Authority Act Of 1933
Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act on May 18, 1933. The TVA Act established the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The TVA is one of Roosevelt’s New Deal “alphabet agencies” (others include the WPA and the CCC). The initial role of these agencies was to administer FDR’s federal New Deal programs.
The Act tasked the TVA with: improving the navigability of the Tennessee River; providing flood control through reforestation of marginal lands in the Tennessee Valley watershed; developing agriculture, commerce and industry in the valley; and operating the hydroelectric Wilson Dam. The TVA covered a seven state area, including parts of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
In addition to the Wilson Dam, the Act gave TVA the authority to acquire lands along the Tennessee River and any of its tributaries for the construction of future dams, reservoirs, transmission lines or power plants.
Another goal of the TVA Act was to modernize one of the nation’s most impoverished regions. Low energy rates would help to ensure affordable, reliable power for all. The TVA Act encouraged economic development and provided jobs by bringing electricity to rural areas for the first time."
"Tennessee Valley Authority Act Of 1933
Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act on May 18, 1933. The TVA Act established the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The TVA is one of Roosevelt’s New Deal “alphabet agencies” (others include the WPA and the CCC). The initial role of these agencies was to administer FDR’s federal New Deal programs.
The Act tasked the TVA with: improving the navigability of the Tennessee River; providing flood control through reforestation of marginal lands in the Tennessee Valley watershed; developing agriculture, commerce and industry in the valley; and operating the hydroelectric Wilson Dam. The TVA covered a seven state area, including parts of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
In addition to the Wilson Dam, the Act gave TVA the authority to acquire lands along the Tennessee River and any of its tributaries for the construction of future dams, reservoirs, transmission lines or power plants.
Another goal of the TVA Act was to modernize one of the nation’s most impoverished regions. Low energy rates would help to ensure affordable, reliable power for all. The TVA Act encouraged economic development and provided jobs by bringing electricity to rural areas for the first time."
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Well we couldn’t do it today because every time some one decided to build something other than solar panel farms or wind turbines an endangered fish, an endangered snail an endangered bird or some migratory pathways would be put at risk.
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Because it’s now considered “Federal overreach”. The TVA is still a federally owned corporation.
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