What state is going to kick in $4 for a $1 match and how? Where would the money come from

[doc03]

toll roads and bridges? Most of the deep red states don't have a pot to piss in to start with.

[Takket]

1. Context???

[doc03]

3. The so-called presidents great infrastructure plan calls for eighty percent

state matching funds. That is opposite of how federal projects have been funded in the past.

[DBoon]

2. States already do this to attract high-prestige private employers

I suspect Texas would be at the top of the list

[TexasTowelie]

4. Yet Texas was not willing to implement a Medicaid expansion

even though there was a nine to one match.

[BoneyardDem]

5. So the middle class and poorer persons in the states got a 5 year tax break

Infrastructure spending will necessitate tax increases that will put the middle class and poorer people even poorer after the 5 year break expires.

[OhioBlue]

6. Ohio would probably put an issue on the ballot to sell bonds to finance infrastructure

and then raise sales tax a half a percent to pay the bonds. trickle down tax burden.

[OhioBlue]

8. oh and local governments would put up a levy

A couple mills on a "Roads and Bridges levy" to raise property taxes for the local portion of a match

again - trickle down tax burden.

[doc03]

9. Tax is already 7 1/2 % and that hits the lowest income people

the most.

[OhioBlue]

10. I think that is the R intention - shift the tax burden downward.

[democratisphere]

7. The money will come from your tax cut X 1000!

What a deal!!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. States can't run deficits; they have to balance their budgets.

So it's hard to say. They might issue bonds but the ability to raise taxes is very limited.

[doc03]

12. So we will get a federal income tax break and the tax burden will be shifted to the states

man I can't stand all this winning. Then the Republicans will rail against the Democratic governors for
raising taxes and get elected.. Sweet!

[Beartracks]

13. It truly is a wonder how they think math and economics work.

[doc03]

15. Another well thought out idea from the Republicans is limiting the

state tax deduction to $10000. The states that have high taxes are the blue states. The Republicans with the help of Fox and probably Russian bots will blame the Democrats in those states for the high taxes, next Republicans will take some of those states. You have to give them credit they have been working on these plans to take over this country since Reagan.

[Beartracks]

16. Some seem to think if we win 2018, we're saved. No...

... It's gonna take years of sustained effort, election after election after election, to beat back the forces of ignorance, hubris and greed and keep them at bay and marginalized for the good of us all.

We need patience and a plan. A multi-year ground game.

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[world wide wally]

14. A cut in taxes and a raise in fees

Thought you were winning, huh?