GOVERNOR PATRICK hasn't used the term yet, but it's a safe bet he wants to adopt a Rooseveltian-style policy with his deep-debt $3.8 billion (or is it $7 billion) proposal to fix more than 400 bridges ("Cahill: Bridge plan too costly; But Patrick's $3.8b proposal gains key backing," City & Region, April 10). He reminds me more of a well-paid, self-absorbed young shopper with little cash but lots of credit cards.
Not only would the governor burden the next couple of Massachusetts generations with an ever-increasing amount of debt, but he keeps using exaggerated claims of immediate benefits, such as thousands of jobs.
This administration is getting its marketing strategies tangled. A $3.5 billion transportation bond that would help fund about 400 bridges, another $3.8 billion bond to fix about 400 bridges, and leftover Big Dig bills? Debt costs over 30 years? Who cares, the governor seems to say. Today's kids will drive over the repaired bridges; let them help pay the bill.
TOM McNIFF
Winthrop
