Tag Archives: Infrastructure Investment

The Fiscal Times: Eric Planin: President Obama Looks to Tax Reform to Save America’s Highways

Posted on March 1, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  This would be an interesting way to raise the much needed revenue to rebuild America’s infrastructure system but, as I’ve argued in the past, we wouldn’t need to go to this length if we created a National … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: Mark Thoma: How Keynes Would Handle an Abnormally Slow Recovery

Posted on February 15, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’m all in favor of trying to boost economic and job growth when the economy is weak with something like a new national infrastructure plan, a National Infrastructure Bank. But when you have a national debt as … Continue reading →

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TruthOut: Ellen Danin: Infrastructure 101, The Evolution of Building Big Things

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Here’s one big issue where I tend to agree with people who are really are the Progressives in the country. Center-left Progressives who are to the Left of me, but definitely still mainstream leftists. And today’s let’s … Continue reading →

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The White House: Making 2014 a Year of Action to Expand Opportunities For The Middle Class

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Erik Schneider

. Source:The New Democrat  Let Congressional Republicans only talk about ObamaCare especially in the Senate. Where that is the only thing that Senate Republicans seem to be interested in right now. Even though more Americans are becoming more comfortable with … Continue reading →

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American Enterprise: Phillip Swagel: Four Ways We Can Improve the Economy in 2014

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Just to start out before I go any further. I believe there’s a better shot of the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series in 2014 or the Redskins winning the Super Bowl with Dan Snyder as the … Continue reading →

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VOA News: Video: President Obama Looks For a Political Comeback in 2014

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Erik Schneider

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger What President Obama and Democrats need to do is to switch the national political focus to the economy. On issues like unemployment, Unemployment Insurance, a minimum wage increase, … Continue reading →

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The White House: Ensuring 2014 is a Year of Action to Grow The Economy

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Erik Schneider

. Source:The New Democrat  With the weak December jobs report President Obama should be calling for a huge infrastructure investment bill somewhere in the hundreds of billions of dollars. And even call for a National Infrastructure Bank that could finance … Continue reading →

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PBS NewsHour: Judy Woodruff: Ray LaHood & Ed Rendell Make Push to Revitalize U.S. Infrastructure

Posted on January 8, 2014 by kireschneider

. Source:The New Democrat  The National Infrastructure Bank is the best answer to solving our infrastructure deficit. Because it would be self-financed because it’s funding would come exclusively from the private sector. Bringing in investors that would get their money … Continue reading →

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