Infrastructure Spending

US House Republicans with little to do need a conversation with President Trump about infrastructure spending. Real financial analysis needs to be done to determine what infrastructure spending is actually needed and who should pay for it. Getting a list of priority projects should not come at the cost of allowing Democrats to demand wasteful, subversive spending.

Federal tax dollars should not be offered in grants to States, municipalities or public entities for any infrastructure. This prohibition should include parks, green space, bike lanes, foot bridges, walking trails, art work or public transit. States need to maintain highways and State roads. Counties and cities need to maintain roads and bridges and should pay for all other aminities. States and cities compete with each other and should pay the full cost of improvements from their own tax bases. This includes airports that usually get federal dollars but shouldn’t.

Some House Republicans do not want a $2 trillion dollar infrastructure budget, I assume will cost $200 billion over 10 years, because they have not cut spending in other areas to pay for this.

They should cut welfare for illegals and lots of other giveaways to find enough money for strategic infrastructure spending like automating government processes to save labor costs. But the Socialist Democrats hold the House and they will burn down the capital before they cut their favorite ways to waste money.

President Trump has obviously done the numbers on the $2 trillion package and may be able to explain the return on investment to the House Reps. The border wall will certainly reduce the labor cost for the border patrol when the full wall,  cameras and electronic sensors are installed and the helicopters and droans are deployed.

President Donald Trump faces stiff opposition from Republicans in his desire for a massive infrastructure package, The Hill reports. GOP lawmakers say the president’s proposal for a $2 trillion deal is too ambitious, and warn that they will oppose any measure that adds to the deficit or would require a hike in taxes. “If we’re going to do infrastructure, I think we ought to pay for it. I don’t think we ought to put it on the debt,” said Senate GOP Whip John Thune of South Dakota. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California also sounded skeptical, asking, “How do you pay for it?” North Carolina GOP Rep. Mark Meadows, who serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said Congress has a much better chance of passing legislation to lower prescription drug prices than advancing an infrastructure package.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader