Trump's infrastructure plan

[KingOrfeo]

Well, here's one thing of great importance and urgency that I was hoping this Admin might actually accomplish. Trump's a developer, after all, he should know how to get construction projects done.

No such luck.

Infrastructure was ripe for bipartisan agreement. Democrats in Congress were ready to work with the president to make good on his pledge to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure. But the Trump White House has rejected building a bipartisan consensus. Instead, the administration is pursuing only Republican votes for massive privatization, increased costs to taxpayers and weakening of environmental protections.

Rather than the trillion-dollar expenditure Trump promised in his campaign, his budget proposes only $200 billion over the next 10 years. Not only is this level of spending wholly inadequate to meet the country’s needs, but the Trump budget actually cuts billions more from existing infrastructure programs than it proposes in new spending, including slashing $96 billion from the Highway Trust Fund, scrapping rural water programs and even eliminating the popular and highly competitive Tiger program, which has provided billions in grants to transportation projects in all 50 states.

Somehow, it gets worse. On Monday, the president laid out his most concrete proposal so far: the privatization of the air traffic control system, handing over the publicly paid for assets of the system to a non-profit corporation controlled by the airlines. Supporters argue that privatization could expedite improvements to the system — even though most delays today are the result of weather and airline errors, not the air traffic control system. Worse, the “improvements” could in fact hurt consumers and businesses: To pay for the system, airlines could jack up airfares, cut service to smaller airports and infringe upon civil aviation, all without any public transparency or accountability. Anyone who thinks they’d do otherwise hasn’t flown commercial lately.

Finally, all signs indicate that Trump’s other infrastructure proposals are likely to be little more than tax breaks for wealthy Wall Street investors and giveaways to polluters. At an April 4 speech in front of corporate CEOs, Trump dramatically unfurled a chart designed to show the complexity of the infrastructure permitting process and vowed to eliminate regulations that supposedly get in the way of profit and growth.

 

[sr71plt]

Well, here's one thing of great importance and urgency that I was hoping this Admin might actually accomplish. Trump's a developer, after all, he should know how to get construction projects done.

Well, his approach has always been to hire illegal aliens, make deals with the mafia, and stiff his vendors. Maybe he didn't want that written up in the plan.

 

[Ms_Ann]

The interstate that Obama had repaved needs repaving already. It's full of holes just like his presidency.

 

[Lancecastor]

Roads in north america are now nearly on par with Albania.

Small wonder pickup trucks sell so well.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Roads in north america are now nearly on par with Albania.

Small wonder pickup trucks sell so well.

Not true.

If you live in the Beltway, as I was there all last week, then all that you see is crumbling infrastructure and I can understand the consternation and panic, but listen, you're the home of nine of the ten richest counties in the United States. RAISE YOUR OWN FUCKING TAXES AND FIX YOUR FUCKING ROADS!

Ours are doing just fine, you don't need to raise our taxes to line your fucking nest even further.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Well, here's one thing of great importance and urgency that I was hoping this Admin might actually accomplish. Trump's a developer, after all, he should know how to get construction projects done.

No such luck.

Funny, you didn't say boo when Obama was wasting money on infrastructure jobs...

"Turns out," laughter, "some of those jobs weren't all that shovel-ready..."

 

[lovecraft68]

Not true.

If you live in the Beltway, as I was there all last week, then all that you see is crumbling infrastructure and I can understand the consternation and panic, but listen, you're the home of nine of the ten richest counties in the United States. RAISE YOUR OWN FUCKING TAXES AND FIX YOUR FUCKING ROADS!

Ours are doing just fine, you don't need to raise our taxes to line your fucking nest even further.

States don't pay for federal highways you senile dip shit.

But I'm sure the paths around the old age home your kids stuck you in are just fine.

 

[lovecraft68]

And Trumps knuckle dragging followers are seeing all this 'slashing billions' as its going to cut into the debt or go somewhere useful.

Every dime of it will be redistributed to his private businesses and those of his fellow swamp dwellers.

Wonder if any of the lower middle class and outright poor he conned into voting for him will see this?

I think if he lasts to a re-election his only voters will be racists, millionaires, and religious assholes who are the biggest supremacist groups of all. Everyone else in the country will be voting for a pet rock if that's what was running against him.

One things for sure, the rock would win the debates.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

States don't pay for federal highways you senile dip shit.

But I'm sure the paths around the old age home your kids stuck you in are just fine.

You are ignorance on a cracker.

We pay gas taxes and then in order to get that money back for infrastructure the federal government blackmails us into "approved" behaviors.

How did you get to be such a fucking moron?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

And Trumps knuckle dragging followers are seeing all this 'slashing billions' as its going to cut into the debt or go somewhere useful.

Every dime of it will be redistributed to his private businesses and those of his fellow swamp dwellers.

Wonder if any of the lower middle class and outright poor he conned into voting for him will see this?

I think if he lasts to a re-election his only voters will be racists, millionaires, and religious assholes who are the biggest supremacist groups of all. Everyone else in the country will be voting for a pet rock if that's what was running against him.

One things for sure, the rock would win the debates.

Fallacious reasoning because it is static and not dynamic.

 

[toeskr]

And Trumps knuckle dragging followers are seeing all this 'slashing billions' as its going to cut into the debt or go somewhere useful.

Every dime of it will be redistributed to his private businesses and those of his fellow swamp dwellers.

Wonder if any of the lower middle class and outright poor he conned into voting for him will see this?

I think if he lasts to a re-election his only voters will be racists, millionaires, and religious assholes who are the biggest supremacist groups of all. Everyone else in the country will be voting for a pet rock if that's what was running against him.

One things for sure, the rock would win the debates.

You voted for him.

 

[about_average]

I haven't seen anything on it lately but his original plan included a significant tax breaks for infrastructure projects already underway. How that would spur new improvements was never explained.
I don't know if that's still part of the plan or not.

 

[water505]

And Trumps knuckle dragging followers are seeing all this 'slashing billions' as its going to cut into the debt or go somewhere useful.

Every dime of it will be redistributed to his private businesses and those of his fellow swamp dwellers.

Wonder if any of the lower middle class and outright poor he conned into voting for him will see this?

I think if he lasts to a re-election his only voters will be racists, millionaires, and religious assholes who are the biggest supremacist groups of all. Everyone else in the country will be voting for a pet rock if that's what was running against him.

One things for sure, the rock would win the debates.

I love it when someone so full of hatred pontificates about supremacists and racists.

 

[KingOrfeo]

The interstate that Obama had repaved needs repaving already.

Which one was that?

 

[KingOrfeo]

I love it when someone so full of hatred pontificates about supremacists and racists.

Hatred of supremacists and racists is not a bad thing nor a hypocritical thing.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Hatred of supremacists and racists is not a bad thing nor a hypocritical thing.

Just like racism is positive and ok as long as it's racism against white people right?

 

[BotanyBoy]

Well, here's one thing of great importance and urgency that I was hoping this Admin might actually accomplish. Trump's a developer, after all, he should know how to get construction projects done.

No such luck.

Ahh....looks like he's not going to try and get a bunch of (D) and friends super paid.

Excellent

 

[Libsam]

On Monday, the president laid out his most concrete proposal so far: the privatization of the air traffic control system, handing over the publicly paid for assets of the system to a non-profit corporation controlled by the airlines. Supporters argue that privatization could expedite improvements to the system — even though most delays today are the result of weather and airline errors, not the air traffic control system. Worse, the “improvements” could in fact hurt consumers and businesses: To pay for the system, airlines could jack up airfares, cut service to smaller airports and infringe upon civil aviation, all without any public transparency or accountability. Anyone who thinks they’d do otherwise hasn’t flown commercial lately.

Whoa, wait a second! This part is interesting.
So we've pretty much been subsidizing the airlines?

 

[Adre]

Eh, what's one more lie to his supporters? Jobs for everybody! Factories reopening! Winning!

 

[KingOrfeo]

Just like racism is positive and ok as long as it's racism against white people right?

Anti-racism != anti-white.

 

[zipman]

Well, here's one thing of great importance and urgency that I was hoping this Admin might actually accomplish. Trump's a developer, after all, he should know how to get construction projects done.

No such luck.

This one line sums it up well:
"Finally, all signs indicate that Trump’s other infrastructure proposals are likely to be little more than tax breaks for wealthy Wall Street investors and giveaways to polluters"

He's a corrupt and incompetent disgrace.

 

[water505]

Hatred of supremacists and racists is not a bad thing nor a hypocritical thing.

It is when it's untrue.

 

[TalkRadio]

Well, here's one thing of great importance and urgency that I was hoping this Admin might actually accomplish. Trump's a developer, after all, he should know how to get construction projects done.

No such luck.

The opinion piece is written by John Podesta.

Who is John Podesta?

"John Podesta, the chair of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, served as counselor to President Barack Obama and chief of staff to President Bill Clinton."

Thanks for sharing such a fair & balanced article.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

watching the sheep line up behind this guy based on yet another C&P from the boards biggest non thinker is rather amusing...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzmO4WRWgAA-dnZ.jpg

 

[KingOrfeo]

The opinion piece is written by John Podesta.

Who is John Podesta?

"John Podesta, the chair of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, served as counselor to President Barack Obama and chief of staff to President Bill Clinton."

Thanks for sharing such a fair & balanced article.

Balanced != fair.