October 1, 2017
By Mark Niquette
Donald Trump’s infrastructure guru (click here) spent part of Sept. 26 at a conference in Washington promoting the president’s $1 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and airports relying in part on public-private partnerships. The same day, across town, Trump was telling lawmakers that those kinds of deals don’t work.
By Mark Niquette
Donald Trump’s infrastructure guru (click here) spent part of Sept. 26 at a conference in Washington promoting the president’s $1 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and airports relying in part on public-private partnerships. The same day, across town, Trump was telling lawmakers that those kinds of deals don’t work.
The president’s apparent change of heart on what’s been an important pillar of his economic plan left key constituents of the infrastructure initiative reeling.
Trump’s remarks, relayed by three lawmakers after a closed meeting with Republicans and Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, raised new questions about how the plan would be financed, and whether the president was instead considering increasing federal funding for building projects -- a prospect made harder by the large tax cut the administration proposed Wednesday.
Trump’s remarks, relayed by three lawmakers after a closed meeting with Republicans and Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, raised new questions about how the plan would be financed, and whether the president was instead considering increasing federal funding for building projects -- a prospect made harder by the large tax cut the administration proposed Wednesday.
Democratic lawmakers welcomed the potential opening for more federal spending, while deficit hawks bristled. Both sides, though, are still struggling to interpret Trump’s apparent turnaround....
The reason Donald Trump is backpedaling on a National Infrastructure Bank is because he no longer has to compete with Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.
The lying and negligence is mounting with Mr. Trump. This is a pattern causing deaths. The lack of support for Puerto Rico is criminal.
Try this on for size. There is no White House, there is a Washington based office for the Trump Organization. This expression of dual messages exists throughout his administration. Even the generals serving in the staff and cabinet are making statements only to be contradicted by Trump. Does he ever have cabinet and staff meetings to bring his policy decisions to them? Is everything within this administration confused and unpredictable?
August 23, 2016
By Jeff Davis
Investing in national transportation infrastructure (click here) became a significant talking point for both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as the candidates have proposed improvement programs that would respectively cost $275 billion and $550 billion (Trump promised to double his opponent’s plan).
Although Trump has yet to release details for his plan, Hillary Clinton’s involves enacting a five-year, $275 billion injection of infrastructure spending within her first 100 days in office. According to Clinton’s campaign, business tax reform would fully pay for these investments, $250 billion of which would be direct public investments...
The reason Donald Trump is backpedaling on a National Infrastructure Bank is because he no longer has to compete with Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.
The lying and negligence is mounting with Mr. Trump. This is a pattern causing deaths. The lack of support for Puerto Rico is criminal.
Try this on for size. There is no White House, there is a Washington based office for the Trump Organization. This expression of dual messages exists throughout his administration. Even the generals serving in the staff and cabinet are making statements only to be contradicted by Trump. Does he ever have cabinet and staff meetings to bring his policy decisions to them? Is everything within this administration confused and unpredictable?
August 23, 2016
By Jeff Davis
Investing in national transportation infrastructure (click here) became a significant talking point for both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as the candidates have proposed improvement programs that would respectively cost $275 billion and $550 billion (Trump promised to double his opponent’s plan).
Although Trump has yet to release details for his plan, Hillary Clinton’s involves enacting a five-year, $275 billion injection of infrastructure spending within her first 100 days in office. According to Clinton’s campaign, business tax reform would fully pay for these investments, $250 billion of which would be direct public investments...
