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Your traditional thought of the economy where you purchase a massive McMansion is over. It is unsustainable. You cannot steal anymore from future generations.
The future begins today with this infrastructure plan. It's a paradigm in economic thinking. The old system doesn't work.
He has no idea... I can tell you only this, I know of a small project - its only a redo of existing area. Fed paid... Funds approved, so it is not the money... 2 yrs later still not done. Project costs about $60k. Imagine trillions.$$$. Ha-ha-ha. in 10 years. Maybe
Sadly the United States no longer does large nor even medium sized infrastructure projects well. On average they all are vastly over budget, full of waste, fraud and abuse, and take ages longer than they should. As such a trillion dollars just doesn't go far as people assume such a vast sum ought.
That hot mess "Big Dig" in Boston was one shining example. The current ongoing Olmsted Dam in Ohio is another example.
United States infrastructure not only clearly suffers from a lack of funding, but the way projects are approved, who is put in charge of them, who's feet are held to the fire in terms of responsibility for on time and on budget completion, and delivering a quality project has to change. This includes federal departments and agencies that are ossified and stubborn such as the Army Core of Engineers.
For as much of a hard time I give Mr. Trump (and I do give him a really hard time about a lot of things), I'm 100% behind his infrastructure plans (assuming it's more than just oil pipelines).
Couple of things that jumped out at me:
We need regulations - but good projects that actually make the world more efficient/cleaner (such as transit projects that take cars off of the road) should be fast tracked.
Yes!
Double Yes!
I like the idea of mixed private and public funding - I wish more local projects did this. Here in the SF Bay Area, we should really be working with the many large companies to see if they can help bridge the gap on funding of major projects.
I'm cautiously interested to see what comes of this plan of his. I hope he keeps to his words on this.
" (such as transit projects that take cars off of the road) should be fast tracked. "
You must live in the city.
As they say, 'There is NO interest like SELF interest"
America's 2017 federal deficit is projected to be $443 billion dollars (that's $443 billion dollars added to our national debt.) 2017 United States Federal Budget
Where will the $1 trillion dollars for infrastructure come from?
And Donald Trumps tax cuts will add $7 trillion dollars to our national debt in the next 10 years, and add $20.7 trillion to our national debt in the next 20 years. https://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway.../#772aa9ed6554
How will this be paid for? There is no money for it. It's going straight to the national debt. It will never get past the conservatives in the House. It's not just their ideology. They represent rural districts in flyover country that will see little of the money. The bulk of it will go to the coasts and large cities. They won't support it. DOA.
I agree. I can't stand Trump for the most part, but I believe a big infrastructure project is sorely needed and I'm very supportive of him on this proposal. But he is unrealistic about funding these gargantuan projects. How does he expect us to pay for a $21 billion border wall? How does he plan a $54 billion increase in the military budget? How does he propose to pay for a $1 trillion infrastructure project? Talk is cheap.
How will this be paid for? There is no money for it. It's going straight to the national debt. It will never get past the conservatives in the House. It's not just their ideology. They represent rural districts in flyover country that will see little of the money. The bulk of it will go to the coasts and large cities. They won't support it. DOA.
Exactly.
There may be several bridges scattered hither and yon, but the big money projects will be around the coasts and large cities.
Aside from running up the national debt to enrich corporate contractors, I can't imagine there would be much support from the conservative world.
I agree. I can't stand Trump for the most part, but I believe a big infrastructure project is sorely needed and I'm very supportive of him on this proposal. But he is unrealistic about funding these gargantuan projects. How does he expect us to pay for a $21 billion border wall? How does he plan a $54 billion increase in the military budget? How does he propose to pay for a $1 trillion infrastructure project? Talk is cheap.
Fifty billion here, a trillion there, pretty soon it starts to add up.
Many of my conservative neighbors are clear that paying down the national debt is the main reason they vote for Republicans. All the dire predictions about "unsustainable national debt" are quite real to them.
Not sure how widespread this is, but I don't see the Republican base getting fired up about putting these projects on credit
This country has had mixed up priorities for some time now.
We can pour a trillion and growing dollars down a rat hole known as the Afghanistan war, but cannot find a way to pay for major infrastructure projects. Ditto goes for Iraq and a few other military actions.
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We need regulations - but good projects that actually make the world more efficient/cleaner (such as transit projects that take cars off of the road) should be fast tracked. 
