Republicans In A Fix On Infrastructure Spending | TPMDC

I keep saying infrastructure spending is a win-win…

Infrastructure spending creates jobs, which increase personal spending and tax revenue that, in turn, reduces the deficit.  It’s just common sense- which is why it’s so hard for DC to get behind it.

Problem is, the Republicans have painted themselves into a corner.  Do they really want to be the party that allowed American roads, airports, bridges and railways to crumble?

Probably….

Lots of talk and not solutions.  That’s today’s GOP…

One area the Republican party’s anti-spending crusade puts them in a bind is infrastructure spending. Repairing roads and bridges, modernization, etc. have historically been bipartisan priorities — but they’ve also always cost a lot of money.

Ask Republicans whether they want to include transportation infrastructure in their calls for broad spending cuts, and you don’t get a very specific answer.

“We’ve got to learn how to prioritize and do more with less in all areas of government,” said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor at his weekly press conference today. “It just is what it is. In the terms of transportation, we’ve got to figure out ways how to leverage dollars, how to come up with innovative ways to address the nation’s ailing transportation infrastructure.”

There’s a reason for that. Ask instead how they propose to upgrade the country’s transportation infrastructure without new spending, and it turns out there’s no simple answer.

“I don’t think anybody would tell you that our nation’s transportation infrastructure is in a state of existence that we would accept,” Cantor admitted.

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