Posted on 05/20/2017 3:04:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
U.S. private equity firm Blackstone and Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund said on Saturday they planned to create a $40 billion vehicle to invest in infrastructure projects, mainly in the United States.
Blackstone and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for the project, which will depend on further negotiations.
The proposed venture was announced during the visit to Riyadh of President Donald Trump, who has said he wants to rebuild crumbling U.S. infrastructure....
(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...
It seems like they are buying us off and I thought so from when I first heard about this. C’est La Vie, that’s life in the 21st century.
I don’t want their money here.
How about a purple state conditioned on a 2018 Senate pick up?
So now we are going to be paying tolls to the Saudis to drive on our highways?
So now we are going to be paying tolls to the Saudis to drive on our highways?
Since we are only 20 trillion in debt, a little SA investment money can’t hurt.
We need investment to rebuild our crumbling nation, I’d rather have the Saudi make an investment than Borrow the money or raise taxes...
Hmmmm, sure am glad I bought BX last month.
they’ve already purchased our federal government
so why not our stinking highways too?
actually, I am opposed to any involvement with the vicious Saudi Arabian Islamic dictatorship
let the Arabs get a decent government first and then we can talk about selling them our highways maybe
meanwhile, NO MORE WEAPONS to the hate-filled, dangerous Saudi regime that’s currently in power there.
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