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”?
and advance workforce training.
A trillion here, a trillion there.
Pretty soon you’re talking about real money.
A trillion here and a trillion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.
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.
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.”
We’ve poured 6 trillion down the middle east Iraq and Afghan rat hole. It would have been better spent here.
Trillion? Workforce training? Ah yes. We need the feds to help with that.
There better be a wall in there somewhere. Why not just spend a quadrillion and get it over with.
Proposal? Not the work itself?
Streamiling permitting processes should be a natural
function of the bureaucracy, and not require billions.
Conceivably, but not a trillion dollars. Reminds me of
the time my wife suggested we invest in new drapes.
I explained to ther the difference between an
investment and an expense.
That's infrastructure?
Yes, good. About time.
It’s not good because the states will take it stick it in their pockets and nothing will get built or repaired. See New Orleans levees and drainage system.
So is the 1.5 trillion being printed up like Monopoly money or is it being borrowed?
More gold please. More bitcoin please.
If half of what Qanon has suggested. ...look for a big reduction in federal departments. ...big drop in employees. ...budget and influence.
Hope that 18 billion can be directed toward an elevated road along the southern border.
It should be supported by a solid structure made of something like concrete and steel. For the sake of argument we could call it a wall.
But elevated roadway works as well.
I opposed it when Bush, 0bama and Clinton wanted it. I oppose it now.
let’s hope there’s more accountability and auditing than happened with the ‘shovel ready’ funding
How many years is this spending stretched out compared to previous plans..
some say it will only be 200 billion in new spending.
Is that a one time 200 billion or 200 billion each year.
Only 100 billion? would be used as matching funds
as incentives for state,local and private investment in
infrastructure projects The remaining 100 billion for
other programs.
1.5 trillion over ten years or 150 billion a year
sounds bad if we are talking about federal spending.
but if it is truly coming from mostly local and private
funding, that is not federal spending.
I'm not to confident that states or cities will be
encouraged by a small funding match that would come
from a 100 billion dollar fund. But if we are talking
about 100 billion per year then there is motivation for
local and private investment. But then the plan would
be 100 billion x 10 (1 trillion in new spending).
100 billion (one time) not much incentive..
100 billion (ten times) :( massive Gov spending.
But that is only half. So are we really talking about
a 2 trillion dollar plan?
I am sure someone smarter than I, can paint a better
picture. But right now all I see is a bunch of dead
presidents getting a swirly in the federal toilet
bowel....
Its coming....
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“Extend the eligibility for Pell Grants”?
As if we aren’t wasting enough taxpayer money already building up the “higher ed” propaganda factories.
Let students pay for their own educations so they will at least value it and try to get something out of it.
If private organizations or parents want to elevate their schooling beyond community college studies they can complete while also getting experience working, great.
But to force others to pay to add oxygen to the conflagration that is higher ed today is immoral.
