I have never been a big gamer, well except for SimCity. That has been the one game I have been hooked on since it first came out 20 years ago. You are the mayor of a city and you have a budget. You decide where the funds go, and what areas get zoned what. If your taxes are right and you have proper infrastructure and public services in place then your town builds up and you become successful. The game has evolved many times over the past two decades, but the game idea has been pretty much the same.

So I was thinking about the Republicans blasting things like building roads, improving our telecommunications infrastructure or hiring more police and firefighters as not stimulating the economy. Perhaps we should start on online campaign. Everyone email your Republican representative and/or Senator(s) this link and tell them to play SimCity some so they get a basic idea of economics and how government spending can increase consumer spending and business investment.

If children who play the game are able to comprehend this very basic fact regarding economics, then maybe the Republicans will learn something also.