What Infrastructure Projects Would You Like To See

[swingline]

You guys realize that Trump and Congress have zero interest in infrastructure, right?

Trump barely mentioned infrastructure during the campaign, and the Republican-majority Congress has fought Obama's proposals for massive infrastructure investments. They have repeatedly attempted to cut all Amtrak funding and to end Obama's high-speed rail investments.

The idea that Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and the like are going to be funding rail systems for inner cities and the like is completely delusional; they're going to be concentrating on massive tax cuts for the wealthy, eliminating Obamacare, banning immigrants, putting up trade barriers, and removing environmental protections.

This will especially be a nightmare four years locally, as Trump has no clue re. the auto industry, and his entire economic platform is based on a fundamental misreading of the economy.

Bullseye. Spot on.

[emu steve]

Bullseye. Spot on.

I thought Trump was big on infrastructure jobs.

The GOP congress was always "pay for it [[with cuts elsewhere)."

Obama wanted big infrastructure spending early on but the Great Recession left most states broke and unable to put up their share of bucks.

I think Trump/GOP would be smart to spend big on infrastructure which would put hundreds of thousands to work on good paying jobs. Some of the jobs might be covered by Davis Bacon Act and would be high paying.

That is a good way to get one's approval numbers up.