[M. Thatcher]

1) that's not what the "broken window" theory is, which is a crime-fighting philosophy that notes that ignoring small signs of social decay (broken windows) leads to large-scale lawlessness and social breakdown.

2) on infrastructure, Trump has from Day One proposed new, creative methods of financing projects, private money, repatriated funds, etc. You are stuck in old thinking, defining terms and projects in government-program terms, the way politicians always have. That era is OVER.

You need to start thinking outside the box like your President does.

[TBP]

The "broken window" fallacy is stated well in Henry Hazlitt's classic Economics in One Lesson. It has to do with ignoring the hidden costs, such as opportunity costs. How else could that resource (in this case, money) be used to advance the economy?

The fact that Trump proposed this massive program from Day One doesn't make it a good idea. He proposes to spend as much as Obama's failed stimulus PLUS the amount Hillary was proposing. We're $20 trillion in debt, and he wants to spend another $1 trillion just on "infrastructure."

We do not need a massive, expensive Big Government program. We do have some infrastructure that needs repair, as we always do, but most of it is in pretty good shape.

Who do you think pays for "public-private partnerships"? We do. Always.