Tag Archives : Infrastructure
Hopes and Fears for Policy in 2017
Rooting for the first list, but afraid we’ll get the second.
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Three Sensible Rules to Guide the Trump Administration’s Infrastructure Initiative
Trump’s infrastructure plans sound like bad news for advocates of limited government.
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Private Investors in New Bridge Should Be Welcomed, Not Threatened
This article appeared on AL.com.
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To the Extent America Has an Infrastructure Crisis, that’s an Argument for Decentralization rather than a Bigger Federal Government
Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute looks at the topic of infrastructure spending and I’m left with mixed feelings. Some of what he writes is very good. Yes, the claims of an “infrastructure crisis” by President Obama, many liberals…are exaggerated. …yes, existing laws and regulations turn infrastructure projects into boondoggles that take an order of magnitude longer to complete […]
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Here’s a Powerful Example of Why Obama’s “Stimulus” Proposal for more Infrastructure Spending Should Be Rejected
As part of his latest “stimulus” scam, President Obama argues that the federal government should spend more money on infrastructure. Yet there is widespread evidence that politicians use such projects to squander money – often in exchange for contributions from contractors and construction unions. There’s a very unfortunate example of this phenomenon in my backyard. […]
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