Trump Wants to Shift Infrastructure Decisions to States

[DonViejo]

September 2, 2017 at 11:04 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

“Top advisers crafting President Trump’s infrastructure plan say they aim to upend the way U.S. public works are financed, shifting the bulk of the decision-making and costs to states and cities and away from Washington,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The administration is proposing $200 billion in new federal funding as the central piece of its $1 trillion plan to improve the nation’s infrastructure. President Trump frequently cited the need for upgrades on the campaign trail.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/09/02/trump-wants-shift-infrastructure-decisions-states/

[Blue_Adept]

1. I'm sure all states will make out equally well in this plan

[Turbineguy]

2. It would be interesting to see the outcome of such a plan.

Vote for Governor Pothole(R)!

[Blue_Adept]

11. A monorail project for every state with a Springfield in it will get my vote!

[Angry Dragon]

3. roads, bridges everything is lousy ..... I don't want to deal with it..... let the states

$800 billion for states to find

[SharonAnn]

4. The "drive through states" will surely fund their highways well!

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Very Interesting.

Hope everyone read the Post Yesterday from Riversedge about what this would look like. Wisconsin requested 300 million in Highway Tax funds and got 60+ million instead. So all those Trump Voters this past week in Wisconsin that were expecting Federal dollars for the much needed Highway infrastructure repairs,you just got a reality check. Reagan tried pilot programs like this,the money went to balance those states budgets in order to cover major Tax Breaks for Corporations and Wealthy donors.

This whole Tax and Infrastructure Bull Crap is nothing more than a Legal Wealth Transfer from you and me to the top 400 wealthiest families in order to cut those much needed Campaign Checks to the GOP.

Let's stop kidding our self's.

[Wounded Bear]

6. So, basically block grants...

yep, I suppose Ryan will love that.

[elleng]

7. Because there is no interstate commerce, I guess.

[irisblue]

8. So who will maintain Eisenhower's smartest idea, the Interstate Roadways?

serious ?.

[moondust]

9. So that the Rick Snyders of the world

can do what they want with people's water and stuff. Right.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. See how popular this will be when the red states realize that their federal tax dollars

AS WELL AS the tax dollars of blue states won't fix their roads and bridges.