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Democrats have unveiled their goals for America's infrastructure.
- Roads, Bridges & Transit:
- Build world-class transportation systems that increase safety, lower costs for commuters and businesses and get goods to market quicker.
- High-Speed Internet:
- Close the rural-urban divide and build out high-speed broadband in unserved and underserved areas in both rural communities and large cities.
- Rail:
- Improve our nation’s inter-city passenger railroads and high-speed rail.
- Implement lifesaving Positive Train Control technology.
- Schools:
- Leverage federal, state and local resources to invest $107 billion in critical physical and digital infrastructure needs in schools while creating 1.9 million jobs. [Aside: I hate "leverage" used as a verb, that's what "they" wrote.]
- Airports:
- Increase public investment in our airports and aviation system.
- Ports & Inland Waterways:
- Make sure money paid by shippers into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) is used for its intended purpose. The $9 billion already collected is currently diverted to hide the size of the budget deficit [by not spending funds that can only be spent for specific purposes, but that, unspent, make it seem there's more money in the till than there really is].
- CBO Analysis: H.R. 8, Water Resources Development Act of 2018
- The Provisions: Investing in America: Unlocking the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
- CBO: Harbor Tax Provision in House Water Bill Widens Deficit
- CRS Background: Harbor Maintenance Finance and Funding
- 3rd Party Analysis: What To Do About the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund?
- Water:
- [Address] our drinking and wastewater infrastructure so that all Americans in both urban and rural areas have reliable access to safe and clean water.
- Energy:
- Improve and modernize our aging energy infrastructure.
- Expand renewable energy infrastructure.
- Strengthen our bioenergy capabilities.
- Invest in energy efficiency retrofits and smart communities.
Some of you may recall that Trump promised to, within his first 100 days, (1) fix America’s Water and environmental infrastructure, and (2) fight for passage of the American Energy and Infrastructure Act (AEIA). We all water and environmental infrastructure hasn't been fixed. When was the last time you heard anything, if anything, about the AEIA? Um, Nov. 2017....The Senate introduced the bill in June 2018 and we've not since heard a peep about it.
Let's see what infrastructure measures the Dems can get introduced in the House and forwarded to the Senate and Trump so that we can realize the benefits of infrastructure repairs, upgrades and innovations.
Yep...... just like the last democrat congress. But they were too busy with that "watchamaycallit" bill.
Democrats have unveiled their goals for America's infrastructure.
- Roads, Bridges & Transit:
- Build world-class transportation systems that increase safety, lower costs for commuters and businesses and get goods to market quicker.
- High-Speed Internet:
- Close the rural-urban divide and build out high-speed broadband in unserved and underserved areas in both rural communities and large cities.
- Rail:
- Improve our nation’s inter-city passenger railroads and high-speed rail.
- Implement lifesaving Positive Train Control technology.
- Schools:
- Leverage federal, state and local resources to invest $107 billion in critical physical and digital infrastructure needs in schools while creating 1.9 million jobs. [Aside: I hate "leverage" used as a verb, that's what "they" wrote.]
- Airports:
- Increase public investment in our airports and aviation system.
- Ports & Inland Waterways:
- Make sure money paid by shippers into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) is used for its intended purpose. The $9 billion already collected is currently diverted to hide the size of the budget deficit [by not spending funds that can only be spent for specific purposes, but that, unspent, make it seem there's more money in the till than there really is].
- CBO Analysis: H.R. 8, Water Resources Development Act of 2018
- The Provisions: Investing in America: Unlocking the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
- CBO: Harbor Tax Provision in House Water Bill Widens Deficit
- CRS Background: Harbor Maintenance Finance and Funding
- 3rd Party Analysis: What To Do About the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund?
- Water:
- [Address] our drinking and wastewater infrastructure so that all Americans in both urban and rural areas have reliable access to safe and clean water.
- Energy:
- Improve and modernize our aging energy infrastructure.
- Expand renewable energy infrastructure.
- Strengthen our bioenergy capabilities.
- Invest in energy efficiency retrofits and smart communities.
Some of you may recall that Trump promised to, within his first 100 days, (1) fix America’s Water and environmental infrastructure, and (2) fight for passage of the American Energy and Infrastructure Act (AEIA). We all water and environmental infrastructure hasn't been fixed. When was the last time you heard anything, if anything, about the AEIA? Um, Nov. 2017....The Senate introduced the bill in June 2018 and we've not since heard a peep about it.
Let's see what infrastructure measures the Dems can get introduced in the House and forwarded to the Senate and Trump so that we can realize the benefits of infrastructure repairs, upgrades and innovations.
Democrats have unveiled their goals for America's infrastructure.
- Roads, Bridges & Transit:
- Build world-class transportation systems that increase safety, lower costs for commuters and businesses and get goods to market quicker.
- High-Speed Internet:
- Close the rural-urban divide and build out high-speed broadband in unserved and underserved areas in both rural communities and large cities.
- Rail:
- Improve our nation’s inter-city passenger railroads and high-speed rail.
- Implement lifesaving Positive Train Control technology.
- Schools:
- Leverage federal, state and local resources to invest $107 billion in critical physical and digital infrastructure needs in schools while creating 1.9 million jobs. [Aside: I hate "leverage" used as a verb, that's what "they" wrote.]
- Airports:
- Increase public investment in our airports and aviation system.
- Ports & Inland Waterways:
- Make sure money paid by shippers into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) is used for its intended purpose. The $9 billion already collected is currently diverted to hide the size of the budget deficit [by not spending funds that can only be spent for specific purposes, but that, unspent, make it seem there's more money in the till than there really is].
- CBO Analysis: H.R. 8, Water Resources Development Act of 2018
- The Provisions: Investing in America: Unlocking the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
- CBO: Harbor Tax Provision in House Water Bill Widens Deficit
- CRS Background: Harbor Maintenance Finance and Funding
- 3rd Party Analysis: What To Do About the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund?
- Water:
- [Address] our drinking and wastewater infrastructure so that all Americans in both urban and rural areas have reliable access to safe and clean water.
- Energy:
- Improve and modernize our aging energy infrastructure.
- Expand renewable energy infrastructure.
- Strengthen our bioenergy capabilities.
- Invest in energy efficiency retrofits and smart communities.
Some of you may recall that Trump promised to, within his first 100 days, (1) fix America’s Water and environmental infrastructure, and (2) fight for passage of the American Energy and Infrastructure Act (AEIA). We all water and environmental infrastructure hasn't been fixed. When was the last time you heard anything, if anything, about the AEIA? Um, Nov. 2017....The Senate introduced the bill in June 2018 and we've not since heard a peep about it.
Let's see what infrastructure measures the Dems can get introduced in the House and forwarded to the Senate and Trump so that we can realize the benefits of infrastructure repairs, upgrades and innovations.
So where is the infrastructure bill from the Republican congress or Trump? Oh yeah, he's too busy trying to get the American Taxpayer to foot out the bill for his wall that he said Mexico was going to pay for like the liar he is.
Democrats have unveiled their goals for America's infrastructure.
- Roads, Bridges & Transit:
- Build world-class transportation systems that increase safety, lower costs for commuters and businesses and get goods to market quicker.
- High-Speed Internet:
- Close the rural-urban divide and build out high-speed broadband in unserved and underserved areas in both rural communities and large cities.
- Rail:
- Improve our nation’s inter-city passenger railroads and high-speed rail.
- Implement lifesaving Positive Train Control technology.
- Schools:
- Leverage federal, state and local resources to invest $107 billion in critical physical and digital infrastructure needs in schools while creating 1.9 million jobs. [Aside: I hate "leverage" used as a verb, that's what "they" wrote.]
- Airports:
- Increase public investment in our airports and aviation system.
- Ports & Inland Waterways:
- Make sure money paid by shippers into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) is used for its intended purpose. The $9 billion already collected is currently diverted to hide the size of the budget deficit [by not spending funds that can only be spent for specific purposes, but that, unspent, make it seem there's more money in the till than there really is].
- CBO Analysis: H.R. 8, Water Resources Development Act of 2018
- The Provisions: Investing in America: Unlocking the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
- CBO: Harbor Tax Provision in House Water Bill Widens Deficit
- CRS Background: Harbor Maintenance Finance and Funding
- 3rd Party Analysis: What To Do About the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund?
- Water:
- [Address] our drinking and wastewater infrastructure so that all Americans in both urban and rural areas have reliable access to safe and clean water.
- Energy:
- Improve and modernize our aging energy infrastructure.
- Expand renewable energy infrastructure.
- Strengthen our bioenergy capabilities.
- Invest in energy efficiency retrofits and smart communities.
Some of you may recall that Trump promised to, within his first 100 days, (1) fix America’s Water and environmental infrastructure, and (2) fight for passage of the American Energy and Infrastructure Act (AEIA). We all water and environmental infrastructure hasn't been fixed. When was the last time you heard anything, if anything, about the AEIA? Um, Nov. 2017....The Senate introduced the bill in June 2018 and we've not since heard a peep about it.
Let's see what infrastructure measures the Dems can get introduced in the House and forwarded to the Senate and Trump so that we can realize the benefits of infrastructure repairs, upgrades and innovations.
That is a Bill Clinton grocery list (do you remember how he would stand up at the SOTUs and list dozens of things he wanted to get done that year, almost none of them ever getting attempted, and fewer getting done?) not a plan. They need to get down to a small number of items, and then make a plan to accomplish them.
You can't very well complain about the Dems' plan when your man showed up and said my great plan is.....is....is we make states give tax incentives for the private sector to build things and I don't have to do ****.
He wanted to repair our crumbling infrastructure. That'll cost trillions. Nothing has happened. At least the Dems have an idea of things that need to happen. I doubt Trump was even entirely certain what "infrastructure" is.
You can't very well complain about the Dems' plan when your man showed up and said my great plan is.....is....is we make states give tax incentives for the private sector to build things and I don't have to do ****.
He wanted to repair our crumbling infrastructure. That'll cost trillions. Nothing has happened. At least the Dems have an idea of things that need to happen. I doubt Trump was even entirely certain what "infrastructure" is.
That is a Bill Clinton grocery list (do you remember how he would stand up at the SOTUs and list dozens of things he wanted to get done that year, almost none of them ever getting attempted, and fewer getting done?) not a plan. They need to get down to a small number of items, and then make a plan to accomplish them.
You can't very well complain about the Dems' plan when your man showed up and said my great plan is.....is....is we make states give tax incentives for the private sector to build things and I don't have to do ****.
He wanted to repair our crumbling infrastructure. That'll cost trillions. Nothing has happened. At least the Dems have an idea of things that need to happen. I doubt Trump was even entirely certain what "infrastructure" is.
You are going to be so hard up when Trump is gone, what a humongous hole in your life that is going to be.
I'm not the subject.
The subject is how the Dems' have something of a plan or at the very least a list of things that do need to be done, whereas your favorite guy blundered in and tried to wing it. But apparently, not having a plan or a clue is less contemptible than thinking about a problem and identifying specific things that need to happen.
There is no lack of understanding of what is wrong with Americas infrastructure, the experts have been talking about it for many decades. .
And yet the guy you support (in Trump) and the Republicans have done NOTHING. BE BETTER
There is no lack of understanding of what is wrong with Americas infrastructure, the experts have been talking about it for many decades. .
:doh
Ok, try to follow this: there is a lack of understanding and that lack of understanding is on the part of Trump.
There is also a lack of will and that is on the part of the GOP, the bulk of whose existing congressmen will be dead by the time bridges start collapsing with their grandchildrens' cars on them. They understand but they don't give half a **** because votes depend on their not giving. Say, does that remind you of an acronym beginning with A and ending with W?
Here are the things we need to think about any idea that we are going to spend more gobs of the Kids/Grandkids/Unborn's money on infrastructure.....we dont have the workers because we dont have enough people who want to do real work nor do we have reasonably functional systems to train people. America is too broken now for that. So we are going to have to import workers and then they will take much of the wages out of America. The other is that America is so corrupt now that huge chunks of the funds are skimmed off by the owners of the firms, something like a third of the money is flat out wasted.
Oh but you support the guy who wants to spend billions on a wall that he lied and said Mexico was going to pay for.
So your solution is to do nothing and continue to let an infrastructure continue to crumble. BE BETTER
What would you like to wager that when the Dems get any infrastructure measure passed, GOP-ers will decry it on account of the deficit/debt, to which their measures contributed, per the CBO, over $1T....
You clearly have comprehension issues.
And Trumpity-Trump-Trump-Trump issues.
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