Tonight's topic is infrastructure. Candidates - 1. What projects would you prioritize? 2. How will you pay for it? 3. Why?
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Replying to @TiffanyBond
Q1: Hi, everyone! Back in March of last year, Fortune had this to say about what it would cost to fix our infrastructure. At least $2 trillion is needed just for streets and roads.
#Peacock4Congress#CA42#ShesWithMe http://fortune.com/2017/03/30/infrastructure-spending-funding/ … ###1 reply 5 retweets 10 likes -
Replying to @peacock4ca42 @TiffanyBond
A1: Honestly, we need a
#NewDeal type of movement that not only fixes crumbling infrastructure (starting with streets and roads) but also puts Americans back to work.#Peacock4Congress#CA42#ShesWithMe1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes -
Replying to @peacock4ca42 @TiffanyBond
I have two questions 1) How do you pay for 2 trillion in new spending 2) How would you allocate funding (e.g., poor/high-unemployment areas first, worst need, volume of traffic, etc.)
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Replying to @ChadWigmore @TiffanyBond
Hi, Chad. $2 trillion in new spending can be found by cutting a lot of the fat that goes to contractors instead of the people the money is supposed to help. Military contractors, for-prison spending. These are wasteful areas that don't protect servicemembers or communities.
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Please do.
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Chad - we'll loop back to it on the main thread.
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Replying to @AllisonforMD @TiffanyBond and
Too often the military member who is writing and reviewing contracts are not qualified. The military rarely has attorneys write or review contracts.
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