Posted on 02/12/2018 10:43:45 AM PST by davikkm
President Donald Trump unveiled his $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan on Monday at the White House, criticizing the amount of money wasted in the Middle East before he was presdient. He estimated that the United States had spent $7 trillion in the Middle East, calling it a “mistake.”
“It’s crazy… $7 trillion in the Middle East, and the Middle East is far worse now than it was 17 years ago when they went in,” Trump said. “And not so intelligently, I have to say, went in. I’m being nice.”
As part of his plan, Trump said that the administration would accelerate the permitting process for state and local projects.
“Washington will no longer be a roadblock to progress,” he said. “Washington will now be your partner.”
The plan proposes $200 billion in federal funds that would encourage at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investments through state and local funding as well as private investment.
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You know what would be fun? The president announcing bids are open to all companies union or not and not subject to prevailing wage.
Other than making the union auto workers and a bunch of Iranians happy, I haven't seen where anything came out of that theft.
Yep, the Obama “shovel ready jobs” that never materialized.
Not even close. His spending is not Keynes and the infrastructure isn’t an FDR jobs program, it is for needed repairs whose can has been kicked down the road for far too long.
People stupidly don’t listen to him talk about business and jobs creation and attribute this to a concept of Keynes they don’t understand.
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