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Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:01 am
Posted by cahoots
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Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:01 am

This post was edited on 9/18/22 at 3:34 pm
Posted by BBONDS25
Member since Mar 2008
48389 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:03 am to
Perhaps provide us with some details.
Posted by biggsc
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Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:03 am to
Sauces?
Posted by mmcgrath
Indianapolis
Member since Feb 2010
35406 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:04 am to
I bet Trump would get behind a high speed rail along the east coast.
Posted by cahoots
Member since Jan 2009
9134 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:05 am to
Link added. It's on his website.
Posted by BBONDS25
Member since Mar 2008
48389 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:06 am to
I didn't see anything about a trillion dollars. I did see a CNN story where they said that would be the cost to fix all roads and bridges in the country. So are you pulling from his website or are you pulling from CNN?
Posted by Broseph Barksdale
Member since Sep 2010
10571 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:08 am to
I don't support the federal government having 1 trillion dollars.

But if it does have 1 trillion dollars, I support spending it on infrastructure.
Posted by TigerMyth36
River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
39732 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:10 am to
1. Yes. Our infrastructure is falling apart. The number of dangerous bridges in the US in rapidly increasing. However, I don't support without decreases in spending / increased taxes to completely cover the infrastructure.

2.Nope. I don't see Republicans wanting to add 1 trillion to the deficit and I don't see them willing to cut anything or increase taxes.

3.I imagine he wants to put folks to work and thinks we need to get moving on fixing our decrepit infrastructure. I just don't see him getting any help from Congress. They have their own pet projects and they aren't going to cut spending to fund his plan.
Posted by bamarep
Member since Nov 2013
51806 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:12 am to
Its important to note that some of this money will come from the private sector before all the #nevertrump clowns start bitching about debt.
Posted by jamboybarry
Member since Feb 2011
32653 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:12 am to
Our infrastructure is a mess but he should just use the almost $1 trillion baked into the yearly budget from the stimulus.

Thanks Obama (and baseline budgeting)
Posted by bmy
Nashville
Member since Oct 2007
48203 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:13 am to
Let's find $2 trillion in waste (cuts) and throw it at NASA, infrastructure, and student loans
This post was edited on 12/20/16 at 11:14 am
Posted by Big12fan
Dallas
Member since Nov 2011
5340 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:13 am to
I'm thinking that with that much construction, we will need all the Mexican construction workers we can get. Leave a hole in the wall Donald.
Posted by GeorgeReymond
Buckhead
Member since Jan 2013
10161 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:13 am to
quote:

I don't support the federal government having 1 trillion dollars.

But if it does have 1 trillion dollars, I support spending it on infrastructure.
Posted by gamatt53
Member since Nov 2010
4934 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:15 am to
Reminds me of the public works part of the new deal. Hopefully I'm wrong and we get the best market determined companies in the private sector to do all of this.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:16 am to
yes, I support it, as does Obama and all the Democrats.

You will see massive Dem support for the plan, which is long overdue.

GOP lowballed it when it was going to help the Obama run economy too much.
Now that helping the economy helps the 2018 GOP congressional run, it will pass massively.

Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90635 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:16 am to
I support it if we show a viable way to pay for it. And it can be over 10 years or something. 100 billion a year paid for by trimming Govt waste and pulling back money spent on ridiculous foreign policy like subsidizing militaries in NATO
Posted by cahoots
Member since Jan 2009
9134 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:17 am to
quote:

NAM estimates a “ten-year funding gap” of approximately $1 trillion. The Trump Infrastructure Plan is aimed at achieving a target of investment to fill this gap


From his website.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115906 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:18 am to
quote:

I'm thinking that with that much construction, we will need all the Mexican construction workers we can get. Leave a hole in the wall Donald.


Or we can get out of work Americans jobs and they can pay taxes.
Posted by BBONDS25
Member since Mar 2008
48389 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:19 am to
Got it. Thanks for that. My answer to the OP would be similar to others on here, then. I don't think fed gov should have a trillion. But if they do infrastructure is probably one of the better ways they could spend it.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115906 posts
Posted on 12/20/16 at 11:20 am to
Of all the shitty things the fed gov spends money on, infrastructure is one of the few I support.

Cut funding and waste from a lot of places and you can come up with 1 trill over 10 years fairly easily.
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