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White House to unveil $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan
The Hill ^ | Feb. 11, 2018 | Mallory Shelbourne -

Posted on 02/11/2018 8:37:41 PM PST by Innovative

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1 posted on 02/11/2018 8:37:41 PM PST by Innovative
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NOTHING about increasing spending is “good”.

If obummer did this, we would be screaming.

Let’s keep it real, for goodness’ sake.

This will cost the taxpayer a trillion bucks and add to the debt, as the new budget does also.

Since when is all of this “good”?


2 posted on 02/11/2018 8:40:13 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know saying Syrian rebels in anost back in Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Innovative

and advance workforce training.


Not good. Boondoggle and corruption-ready,


3 posted on 02/11/2018 8:40:32 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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A trillion here, a trillion there.

Pretty soon you’re talking about real money.


4 posted on 02/11/2018 8:40:32 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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And YES, as anyone here who has EVER watched our govt work, it WILL cost us a trillion in the end. If we’re lucky.


5 posted on 02/11/2018 8:41:03 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know saying Syrian rebels in anost back in Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Innovative

A trillion here and a trillion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.


6 posted on 02/11/2018 8:41:38 PM PST by Joe Dallas
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Much better to spend the money on infrastructure, rather than supporting a bunch of no-good bums living off welfare all their lives.


7 posted on 02/11/2018 8:42:22 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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Dang, i Did not copy what you wrote, but that statement is so obvious.


8 posted on 02/11/2018 8:42:42 PM PST by Joe Dallas
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To: Innovative

The option of not spending the money does exist.


9 posted on 02/11/2018 8:44:03 PM PST by Joe Dallas
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To: Innovative

The last time this was done, I believe about a tenth of it was spent on infrastructure and the rest on junk that gave no rate of return on investment.

If President Trump spends this in a way that increases economic activity by more than $1.5 trillion, it will more than pay for itself. But otherwise it just adds more to the negative side of the balance sheet with compounding interest.


10 posted on 02/11/2018 8:44:05 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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Gotta be quicker, FRiend... ;^)


11 posted on 02/11/2018 8:45:43 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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The Trump Porkulus, more or less identical to the Obama Porkulus. They seem to honestly believe that we can borrow and spend our way to prosperity.

“Meet the New Boss, same as the Old Boss.”


12 posted on 02/11/2018 8:52:08 PM PST by iowamark
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That’s what’s so frightening. Trillion’s the new billion.

People don’t stop to realize what a Brogdingnagian number a trillion is.

It’s one thousand millions. Yet we’re tossing the figure around like New Year’s revelers of 1929. It’s unnerving.

“Trillion’s the new thousand” says “buy gold.”


13 posted on 02/11/2018 8:52:26 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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We’ve poured 6 trillion down the middle east Iraq and Afghan rat hole. It would have been better spent here.


14 posted on 02/11/2018 8:53:51 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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Much better to spend the money on infrastructure, rather than supporting a bunch of no-good bums living off welfare all their lives.


And who do you think the ‘advanced work training’ billions will be wasted on?


15 posted on 02/11/2018 8:54:28 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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I bet there won’t be $100’s of millions of dollars sent to sham non-profits like happened with Stimulus money.


16 posted on 02/11/2018 8:55:39 PM PST by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: Innovative
The White House on Monday will unveil its long-awaited $1.5 trillion infrastructure package aimed at overhauling U.S. public works. The plan is structured around four goals: generate $1.5 trillion for an infrastructure proposal, streamline the permitting process down to two years, invest in rural infrastructure projects and advance workforce training.

Trillion? Workforce training? Ah yes. We need the feds to help with that.

17 posted on 02/11/2018 8:57:50 PM PST by plain talk
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There better be a wall in there somewhere. Why not just spend a quadrillion and get it over with.


18 posted on 02/11/2018 9:00:43 PM PST by HighSierra5
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To: iowamark
The Trump Porkulus, more or less identical to the Obama Porkulus. They seem to honestly believe that we can borrow and spend our way to prosperity.

Yep. It's even more money than the Obama stimulus plan.

19 posted on 02/11/2018 9:02:37 PM PST by plain talk
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Nope, it's a million millions.
20 posted on 02/11/2018 9:04:13 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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