How I would pay for infrastructure repairs,

[gejohnston]

which is needed. The estimated trillion dollars was just roads and bridges in 1987. I would go beyond that and include public buildings like crumbling schools in places like Baltimore (where many don't have heat) and water works (see Flint, MI)
How would I pay for it? The tax increases should be moderate and spread throughout the economy. I would propose:
a penny per share/per stock transaction.
a ten percent tax (at the point of manufacture) on cosmetics, video games, and sports gear.
Of course, the problem is how to keep various congress members from funding various "pork projects" and bullshit with the funds. That I haven't worked that out yet.

[dhol82]

1. Pork has always been a problem in Washington.

When grift is possible, many in congress will make the attempt.
Greed and power run large in politics.

[Initech]

2. Make the Waltons, Kochs and Jeff Bezos pay for it!

[marylandblue]

3. Pork can be kept out by a competitive grant process

Civil servants select projects on merit. Congress and political appointees can't be involved.

[gejohnston]

6. kind of like the

BRAC commission after the Berlin Wall fell?

[marylandblue]

7. Well that included some politicians, but yes.

[msongs]

4. who benefits most from being in the US? - wealthy people and corporations. who pays least

in too many cases?

[gejohnston]

5. everyone benifits, everyone should share the cost

We are all in this together.

[msongs]

8. yes everyone should share the cost in proportion to how they benefit for example

everyone has to eat. food should not be a tax deductible business expense. where you choose to eat is your business. the purpose of this deduction is so wealthy can live it up then write it off.

[gejohnston]

9. working class contractors use the same

deduction.