I opposed government infrastructure stimulus when 0bama, Clinton and Bush tried to get it passed. I oppose it now.
Change laws if needed to stimulate, but stop throwing tax dollars to infrastructure.
I agree the government shouldn’t generally spend (stolen) tax dollars on infrastructure. There may be exceptions where national security is a consideration. Certainly, this business of spending a trillion of taxpayer $ on infrastructure to create jobs, stimulate the economy is Keynesian BS.
However, some of what Trump is proposing for the infrastructure is finding ways of privatizing, i.e lease or sell highways, bridges, etc, to private companies and let them charge tolls in exchange for renovating and maintaining them. This is the kind of approach “the world” is warning Trump against.
I would support that in a heartbeat - except perhaps in a few cases where national security interests would prohibit.
I think “the world’s” warnings of poor quality, schedule delays and budget overruns are exactly backwards: it is the government that is known for poor quality, schedule delays and budget overruns.
What do you think?