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Bush Administration Killed Increased Highway Repairs In 2004

The Republicans have no problem rubber-stamping $144 billion a year into a failed war in Iraq and Afghanistan without demanding results. But if we committed that same $12 billion a month out of a $2 trillion federal budget, and paid for it with a gas tax increase, we could address our infrastructure needs by the end of the next president’s first term. And we would create millions of good paying jobs at the same time and do our economy a world of good, especially if [...]

Tags: Highway Bill, Iraq, Afghanistan, Gas Tax, Highway Repairs

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