Why We Don't Need An Infrastructure Bank? Japan Is Why

A state infrastructure bank will be at the core of President Obama’s “jobs program” that he plans to unveil after his vacation. He will argue we desperately need a new government entity to repair our crumbling infrastructure and create jobs.

The president will spin seductive images of high speed trains, highways without traffic jams, and clockwork subways in every city.  With an infrastructure bank, the sky is the limit.

He will roll out respected moderate Republicans and even the Chamber of Commerce to vouch for his bank. He will explain that his miserly opponents, like the kooky Tea Party, favor collapsing bridges, traffic jams, and the loss of international competitiveness. Past generations gave us the interstate highway system and the Hoover Dam. What will we leave behind, he will ask?
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