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Schumer Raises Alarm About Trump Infrastructure Proposal
CBS News ^ | Feb. 11, 2018 | Ethan Harp

Posted on 02/11/2018 2:17:10 PM PST by 11th_VA

Edited on 02/11/2018 3:38:51 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2019budget; broadband; buildthefence; chuckschumer; continuingresolution; daca; dreamact; dreamers; ethanharp; federalbudget; incometaxes; infrastructure; maga; mediawingofthednc; newyork; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; schumer; schumershutdown; shutdownchuck; shutdownschumer; stimulus; taxcutsandjobsact; taxreform; tcja; thebudget; trumpbudget; trumpinfrastructure; upchuckschumer
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To: elpadre

It was shovel-ready bullshit. I saw road crews sitting around in trucks while repair equipment was tearing out and rebuilding shoulders and embankments that didn’t need repairing. Billions wasted to give people the warm and fuzzies. Liberals can burn in Hell.


21 posted on 02/11/2018 2:55:29 PM PST by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
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To: 11th_VA

NOT ONE CENT FOR BLUE STATES.......ZIP!


22 posted on 02/11/2018 2:56:33 PM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: 11th_VA

Shut up, UpChuck. The MAGA Nation is tired of hearing you whine.


23 posted on 02/11/2018 2:56:56 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: unixfox
Where did that $787B that 0 got for his "shovel ready jobs" in his phony stimulus?

I wonder how much of that infrastructure spending wound up in that airplane to Iraq?

24 posted on 02/11/2018 2:58:52 PM PST by skimbell
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To: unixfox

Bump!


25 posted on 02/11/2018 3:01:30 PM PST by upchuck (Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
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To: 11th_VA

Chucky loves to complain.


26 posted on 02/11/2018 3:02:26 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: Viking2002

The only thing the taxpayers saw from Obozo’s $890 BILLION Fake Stimulus was those goofy gay Obozo rainbow signs on some fences declaring these were his shovel-ready projects. Someone should catalog how much was really spent on these projects and how much went to Leftist/Green companies that quickly went belly up. Where did the money go?


27 posted on 02/11/2018 3:03:26 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: 11th_VA

If these Morons can’t find $200,000,000,000 of Fraud, Appropriation Manipulation and Duplicate Job Functions in the $4,000,000,000,000 Federal Budget, they probably can’t find their A-holes with two Hands and a Maglite.

When I was Corporate Vice President, I was responsible for a $20,000,000 (plus) Budget Expense Line and I was expected to find at least a Million Dollars in savings every year without impacting our Operational Quality.

A Million saved gave me a ‘satisfactory” Review at best. I had to exceed it in order to get a Raise.

If I didn’t hit the Goal, I wouldn’t be around the next year to give it another shot. I would have been gone...


28 posted on 02/11/2018 3:07:55 PM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Tweet softly, but carry a big stick.)
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To: txrefugee

Back in the day, there was some Pubbie senator or congresscritter of some sort who was trying to keep track of that boondoggle, but I don’t know whatever came of it. Not sure if he’s still in office or not. Regardless, the lamestream media wouldn’t have touched it with a ten foot pole, no matter how much smoke and fire there was to it.


29 posted on 02/11/2018 3:14:20 PM PST by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
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To: 11th_VA

I’d like to know where Obama’s billion dollars for infrastructure went. We need receipts. It’s so frustrating that the GOP’s not yelling about this.


30 posted on 02/11/2018 3:18:27 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: NorthMountain

We ALL would love to see spending cut. The problem is in the details.

If we cut spending 5% across the board we would save billions. But 5% of what? Medicare? Social Security? And no, you cannot point to a trust fund or social contract as we are discussing the real world.

You see, if we don’t cut everything the next few rate increases will cut them for us.

We are boxed into a corner. And even the most clever planners are going to get us out of it. We need to make drastic changes. And soon. And a lot of people will die.


31 posted on 02/11/2018 3:20:40 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: Viking2002

Apparently some was spent. I did not see any work that could be labeled as “stimulus.” I suspected he diverted the money elsewhere - maybe his off shore bank account.


32 posted on 02/11/2018 3:25:26 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: napscoordinator

b o received $60 million+ cut from the billions sent to iran.


33 posted on 02/11/2018 3:25:52 PM PST by chief lee runamok
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To: neverevergiveup

The Real Chuck Schumer.
34 posted on 02/11/2018 3:27:25 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: elpadre

Whatever was spent no doubt went to cronies of his with inferior companies.


35 posted on 02/11/2018 3:29:05 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: mewzilla

Portions of the NYC water system date from the 1800s—what could possibly go wrong?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_water_supply_system


36 posted on 02/11/2018 3:33:05 PM PST by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: 11th_VA
Wait for the feminists to check in too. Look what happened to Barky's big plan:

Women's groups were appalled. Grids? Dams? Opinion pieces immediately appeared in major newspapers with titles like "Where are the New Jobs for Women?" and "The Macho Stimulus Plan." A group of "notable feminist economists" circulated a petition that quickly garnered more than 600 signatures, calling on the president-elect to add projects in health, child care, education, and social services and to "institute apprenticeships" to train women for "at least one third" of the infrastructure jobs. At the same time, more than 1,000 feminist historians signed an open letter urging Obama not to favor a "heavily male-dominated field" like construction: "We need to rebuild not only concrete and steel bridges but also human bridges." As soon as these groups became aware of each other, they formed an anti-stimulus plan action group called WEAVE-- Women's Equality Adds Value to the Economy.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/no-country-for-burly-men/article/17737

37 posted on 02/11/2018 3:34:26 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: NorthMountain
Plus One! 🇺🇸MAGA🇺🇸
38 posted on 02/11/2018 3:38:12 PM PST by rhubarbk (Winning, Winning, Winning . . . MAGA it's a beautiful thing!!!)
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To: unixfox
Don't forget those beautiful signs touting the Brown Clowns "Shovel Ready jobs. 🇺🇸MAGA🇺🇸
39 posted on 02/11/2018 3:39:19 PM PST by rhubarbk (Winning, Winning, Winning . . . MAGA it's a beautiful thing!!!)
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To: Dahoser

I know that. I was piling on


40 posted on 02/11/2018 3:44:21 PM PST by Dahoser (Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
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