The Election is Over : Now Let's Have a Bipartisan Effort to Invest in Smarter Cities

 So, the Republicans control the House, but the Democrats still have the White House and the Senate. For anything beneficial to happen there are going to have to be some bipartisan agreements.  Fortunately, everyone recognizes that there have to be reductions in the federal budget and everyone recognizes that we need to create new jobs.  There are only so many reasonable options available. The new Congress should start budget reduction efforts by taking a hard look at military spending. Furthermore, some savings need to be invested in smarter, greener approaches to modern living.

IBM has launched a website called The Smarter City which  provides a forum for sharing smart practices being used in urban centers around the world to improve: healthcare, energy use, transportation, education, economic development and public safety.  It's time to cut the bloat in the massive military budget. Rather than dedicating hundreds of billions to more efficient ways of killing, let's start investing in more effective ways of living.

Check out The Smarter City at: http://www-03.ibm.com/innovation/us/thesmartercity/index.shtml?cm_mmc=agus_brsmartcity-20090929-usbrb111-_-s-_-genhpmerch-_-sp

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IBM - The Smarter City

TheSmarterCity is an interactive experience that helps visualize how cities can become smarter through the interconnection of data, instrumentation of systems and intelligence gained from analytics. The experience demonstrates IBM's leadership in the government industry and shows how IBM can help transform complex systems such as transportation, public safety, energy consumption, education, healthcare and economic development.

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