Many Problems With Donald Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
It was an early March morning on Washington, D.C.’s K Street—the boulevard synonymous with political influence the way New York’s Fifth Avenue is with high-end shopping or the Champs-Élysées with love. Lobbyists and lawyers, bureaucrats and bankers gathered for a conference on America’s infrastructure nightmare. And many of them were in a rut so deep that not even the model of sleek subway cars from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries next to the free coffee and croissants could lighten their mood.
They all knew President Donald Trump has been promising a massive plan to rebuild America’s infrastructure since the day he descended that Trump Tower escalator in 2015 and announced his unlikely bid for the White House. And they all knew that no plan has yet been announced. And that makes many people antsy, even angry. Those who live off government largesse are eager for his rhetoric to turn into a golden shower of dollars. And those millions of Americans stuck in traffic (the average driver is jammed up 43 hours a year) or rolling their eyes at the (sad!) state of New York City’s LaGuardia Airport—both former Vice President Joe Biden and Trump have likened it to a Third World country—want someone (anyone!) to do something (anything!) to fix this damn mess.
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While shoveling down Nutella crepes and green-power smoothies, plenty of the experts at that power event were also chewing on grave concerns about what the president will propose to, as
