Reich writes: "Trump the con-artist is at it again - calling for a $1.5 trillion boost in infrastructure spending, but proposing just $200 billion in federal funding, and not saying where any of the money will come from."
Robert Reich. (photo: unknown)
Trump the Con-Artist Is at It Again
12 February 18
rump the con-artist is at it again – calling for a $1.5 trillion boost in infrastructure spending, but proposing just $200 billion in federal funding, and not saying where any of the money will come from.
Now that Trump and the Republicans have enacted a huge tax cut for corporations and the rich, there’s no money left.
Trump won’t admit this, but he plans to get money for his big infrastructure plan from (1) higher state and local taxes on average working people and the poor, (2) higher gas taxes paid mostly by average working people and the poor, (3) tolls on highways and bridges also paid by average working people and the poor, but which will go into the pockets of private investors, and (4) cuts in public services, that will hurt average working people and the poor.
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