American Economics Thread
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The only good thing about the infrastructure bill that Congress just passed is that it doesn't include any money for high-speed rail. Unfortunately, it did include far too much money for things like Amtrak, urban transit, and rural broadband.
The infrastructure bill is really two bills in one: first, a reauthorization of existing federal spending on highways and transit; and second, brand-new spending on highways, transit, Amtrak, electric vehicles, airports, ports, clean water, clean energy, and broadband. This entirely new spending is almost entirely unnecessary as the infrastructure crisis was in order to get Congress do what it always does, which is throw money at problems that are perceived to exist, whether they are real or not.
CATO institute, Ah yes. Bless them.
All that money and yet no real results
Based on past history and the efficiency of building infrastructure in America, the first project will be completed in 50 years
So they say they don't need high speed railway. Even Korea and spain have highspeed railway.
Yes. High speed rail is bad. There are no issues with infrastructure. Cars and Aircrafts are good. All is well.
And we'd like you to know, we have not received any funding from big Oil corporations.
( CATO is founded in part by Charles Koch of Koch industries, which has petroleum refineries and oil fields among others)
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Even Indonesia will have one soon
It's interesting. Republicans are constantly self sabotaging in every way that makes it more dangerous by reducing social stability while increasing military spending. They're behaving like the stereotypical 3rd world dictatorships that spend on weapons while leaving people to starve.