Posted on 01/24/2017 7:52:55 PM PST by amorphous
President Donald Trump’s team has compiled a list of about 50 infrastructure projects nationwide, totaling at least $137.5 billion, as the new White House tries to determine its investment priorities, according to documents obtained by McClatchy’s Kansas City Star and The News Tribune.
The documents, circulated within the congressional and business communities, offer a first glimpse at which projects around the country might get funding if Trump follows through on his campaign promise to renew America’s crumbling highways, airports, dams and bridges.
Among the projects could be a new terminal for the Kansas City airport, upgrades to Interstate 95 in North Carolina and the construction of a high-speed railway from Dallas to Houston.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcclatchydc.com ...
Already the tax plan is getting messed up with the beginnings of a VAT/tariffs and Congress is making noise in objection over the spending cuts.
I see a real risk of this big infrastructure pork barrel spending bill and the beginning of a VAT/tariff being the only major things that Trump and Congress end up agreeing on.
Undoing a couple of Obama executive orders a day of course is a slow rolling out of some good news.
Thanks for that tid bit of history.
The Colony was Carolina; there wasn’t a NC or SC then.
Yep, if private investment isn’t justified, then it should at least be kept to the state level, with state-level decisions, where possible. And that IMO is where most of this stuff belongs. In truth, most states wouldn’t prioritize most of this stuff enough to invest in it either.
The best infrastructure (for America) would be a wall along the Mexican border. Like you. I’m concerned that Congress may have its own agenda. Hopefully, President Trump will force Congress to do what is best for the American people. It’s a big job though, making RINOs (and the sissies on the left) do the right thing.
I am okay with replacing income tax with a VAT, but not with adding VAT to our existing taxes.
NO!
Taking people in Fargo to pay for water plant in Huntington Beach is WRONG.
This idea is so unpopular in Kansas city that city officials have cancelled plans to hold a referendum on it.
Agreed. But it looks like the GOP congress is trying to use Trump’s proposed cuts, along with his interest in something tariff-like to vote in what is the apparatus for a VAT.
It will also hit wage earners and retirees as a massive hit on their income/spending power. Here is Steve Forbes on it:
1 - Most passenger rail back then lost money too. It was the mail contracts that kept it alive.
2 - Today, the freight railroads own almost all the trackage. Freight trains have priority over Amtrak and their owners see no need to maintain the roadbed for any speeds faster than they need for freight.
Sorry to bust your bubble. I would love to ride a fast, deluxe 20th Century or Hiawatha, too. But it ain't happening.
Was my understanding that the train from Houston-Dallas was going to be privately owned or at least not subsidized by taxpayers. Wasn’t talking about Amtrak. Southwest has a LOT of flights from Houston Hobby to Dallas Love Field. So for those travelers it could come down to a financial decision as to whether to fly or drive.
Amtrak, IMO, should not be receiving any subsidies and should make it on its own - or not...
North Carolina and South Carolina became separate colonies in 1712. The Regulator War in North Carolina was from approximately 1764 to 1771.
Gates was not only a fool, but a coward as well. In the battle of Camden, his hdqtrs was 30 miles in the rear. How could he direct a battle when he couldn’t even see or hear it? He had been appointed to head the army of the south because the politicians considered Saratoga as his credentials. Washington wanted Nathaniel Green, but the politicians won. After the destruction of the southern army at Camden, Geo. Washington got his way and Green was sent south to do what he could to rebuild the army.Morgan played a huge part by his skirmishes and hit and run until Tarleton was sent by Cornwallis to wipe him out. The battle of Cowpens was a masterful combination of Les Ruses de Guerre and great use of the men and of the terrain. Morgan all but wiped out Tarleton’s force and Tarleton himself barely got away with his skin intact. It was HE turning point of the war, IMO.
Thanks muchly for twinging my memory with Huck’s defeat. Love American history and wish it were really taught in schools. Kids today know nothing about our patriots. Have you tracked down the details of your ancestors’ participation? Might make an interesting book.
The real question becomes “are American Catholics Vatican subjects”?
It was one of the first of the series of militia actions in the South like King's Mountain, Cowpens, and Ninety-Six.
The Tory commander was Christian Huck, a subordinate of Banastre Tarleton, and Huck had participated in the massacre at Waxhaws. I had a couple of Carroll ancestors at Huck's Defeat, one of them shot Huck off of his horse and killed him. The majority of Huck's troops were killed in the battle. Probably payback for Waxhaws and the abuse of patriot civilians that they had been engaging in.
Mel Gibson's 'The Patriot' gives an idea of the militia war in the Southern campaign.
My apologies, Mollypitcher1. I’ve obviously responded to the wrong thread. I’ve asked that the reply be deleted. Thanks for your understanding.
This place is an older “estate” type subdivision that has 8 inhabited homes and 3 being built. Looks like it took a while to take off. It’s located a few miles from 99 and the area is booming since the section between Hwy 290 and I45 opened.
Bandera and the surrounding area would be a great place to live but my problem is we like being able to ‘run to the store’ way too many times every month.
We’d love to live near College Station but everything is way too expensive.
There is affordable land in Texas but it’s very remote which means the added cost of a water well and septic system.
Oh well. As a wise comedian once said “You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?”
Since you live in the Houston area we should get together for coffee sometime and discuss the high price of Texas dirt.
By the way, from what I’ve seen so far, it looks like Turner is going to make a good mayor. What do you think? Certainly a lot better than the last two.
The war had gotten very dirty and personal by the time it came to the Carolinas. Anger is a powerful motivator. That was the fatal mistake of many a British or Tory leader at the time, thinking they could terrorize the populace into submission.
Totally agree. The Internet has become one of our primary infrastructures we can no longer do without. Likewise, it can no longer be left to private companies to make all the decisions about who gets access and who doesn't. Much like our roads, and electrical grid, we the people also deserve a say.
Wow, that would create a lot of jobs, and it's something sorely needed, and while I'm not too keen on U.S. taxpayers footing the bill, the federal government maybe could fund the effort with cities and users paying back U.S. taxpayers over time.
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