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Perhaps we already heard this from Trump so no one has replied. Maybe we are just a bit skeptical about how 200 Billion can be leveraged into 1.5 Trillion.
That means 86.67% of the project cost must be raised by State and local governments.
Further it doesn't currently take 10 years for a permit to repair existing highways and bridges.
Finally $1.5 Trillion is a small number compared to the current status.
"The ASCE report says it'll take $4.59 trillion to bring things up to a B, or adequate grade, by 2025."
We heard many, many times about the wonderful ACA replacement he'd put in place immediately upon taking office and we all know where that went.
'Scheme' sounds like an apt description of Trump's grandiose plans with no substance, abouttime he learns saying so doesn't make it so..
^^^^ This pretty much sums it up. Trump could stand up there and make all these pie in the sky promises, but when it came time to deliver, he back pedaled and blamed it on everyone else but himself.
He talks a great game, but he forgets that running the country isn't like selling real estate. It is so much more complex than that, and he is not what we might call a deep thinker.
I am certain it won't be like Obama's "Shovel Ready Jobs" which when asked he laughed saying maybe they weren't so shovel ready after all. What happened to that Trillion dollars? Oh yeah, it went to unions, and other cronies for political payback. Trump is a builder. If anything this will actually get to the infrastructure, if Congress passes the bill.
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