Posted on 07/01/2014 1:04:07 PM PDT by PoloSec
A rather exasperated President Barack Obama pressed Congress to find a solution to the looming Highway Trust Fund crisis, arguing "it's not socialism" to want to build new highways and bridges in the country.
"It's not crazy. It's not socialism. It's not the imperial presidency,"
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"It's not like they've been busy with other stuff! No, seriously," Obama said.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress are still divided on both a short-term solution to finance highway projects through the rest of the year and a long-term fix for the shortfall. Two senators introduced a bipartisan plan to incrementally raise the 18.4 cents-per-gallon gas tax, however there is little political appetite for such a move in an election year.
Obama repeated a warning that more than 700,000 jobs could be at risk next year if Congress does not figure out how to replenish the nearly depleted trust fund. In a letter to state officials Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx warned Tuesday the fund would run dry sometime next month, at the height of the summer traveling and construction season.
Also on Tuesday, Foxx warned the Obama administration will begin delaying reimbursements to states for infrastructure projects on Aug. 1 if Congress cannot come up with a solution.
In his remarks, Obama laid the blame for the looming crisis on congressional Republicans, tying it to his recent complaints they aren't passing enough legislation to solve problems. Obama also said, in general, that he would continue to pursue the use of executive actions where he saw opportunity, making light of House Speaker John Boehner's plan to file a lawsuit against him.
"So sue me!" he said. "As long as they're doing nothing, I'm not going to apologize for doing something."
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Take a $billion from the Education department, a $billion from the Department of Labor, a $billion from HUD, ..... until you have the needed amount.
It’s so simple it’s ridiculous.
C’mon, people! He needs good roads for transporting his Alien Army of Cultural Destruction all over the country and for transporting us to the gulag.
Hey ZERO, Finish the fence and we’ll talk. Deport 20-million and we’ll really talk.
He’s losing it.
If they had not robbed the trust fund for crap it was not intended for there would be no crisis. It is just like every other pot of money the government collects. The take from it and never think about the long term consequences.
Obozo is starting to act exactly like Captain Queeg ( Humphrey Bogart ) in the Caine Mutiny.
And then we wouldn’t have to worry so much about Iraqi oil! Or Saudi oil!
He is a crook
haiku?
The Hiway program is a five minute make up designed to appear to be doing something
It’s the crack talking.
Oh, "The Great One" is really getting under his thin skin....
I wonder if he has his App on his Blackberry !!!!
Get off my phone you big dope! LOL !
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