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You just look at all this stuff. this is what i know. i know that everybody, republican, democrat, white flag, blue, green, gay, straight, whatever, when you dont have power, its rough. when you dont have a bridge to go across, you cant get across. when you dont have water, you cant take a bath. and all im saying to the people of america is, if you want something to be nonpartisan. this is as nonpartisan as it gets. given what weve gone through, the infrastructure package is small. the civil eng...

This bill said, the growth would not generate the cavings, the 5 -- savings the $56 billion that they estimate. what do you say to that? >> well, we think theres going to be enormous economic coming out of this. i could point you to you studies from bodies like moodys analytics which shows the greater economic growth that we would see here but also i think the simple fact that you have enthusiastic support from players who arent usually on the same side of an economic issue. to see the u.s. ch...

Apartment democrats who wrote this bill said, the growth would not generate the cavings, the 5 -- savings the $56 billion that they estimate. what do you say to that? >> well, we think theres going to be enormous economic coming out of this. i could point you to you studies from bodies like moodys analytics which shows the greater economic growth that we would see here but also i think the simple fact that you have enthusiastic support from players who arent usually on the same side of an econ...

>> one final question. weave talking about infrastructure, if the biden administration is ability to get their infrastructure plan passed, what could that mean for new york city? what would you do with in a money? lets start with infrastructure deficit. >> with a transition to clean energy, electric vehicles, batteries, theres so much to be done in new york city. the infrastructure bill is an enormous opportunity. im very optimistic that were going to see great things out of the biden administra...

ABUJA – The Debt Management Office (DMO) has decried the country’s debt service to revenue ratio, describing it as a major issue of concern. Mrs. Patience Oniha, the Director-General of DMO, said this in Abuja on Thursday at the fifth Budget Seminar (webinar) organised by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The theme of the budget seminar was, “Financing Nigeria’s Budget and Infrastructure Deficit through the Capital Market.” Oniha stressed the need for infrastructure built ...

“They (the debts) are not being serviced with revenue from those sources (infrastructure). “I think that when we are talking about those innovations like revenue, bonds and all that, we should be talking about policies to ensure that the projects that we financed generate revenue,’’ she explained. The government has tied the Sukuk bond to road infrastructure projects since its launch in 2017. Some of the roads earmarked for the hundreds of billions realised are Ibadan-Ilorin Road, Kolo-...

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has decried the country’s debt service to revenue ratio, describing it as a major issue of concern.

From: Uche Nnorom, Makurdi Chairman, North Central Governors’ Forum and Governor of Niger State Abubakar Sani Bello has outrightly debunked insinuations that the objective of the forum is political. He also, dispelled allegation that the governors of the Forum most of whom are All Progressive Congress, APC members are plotting to woo Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples’ Democratic Party,PDP back to the ruling party. Governor Bello who said this yesterday in Makurdi while briefing n...

Proposal, one, we have an infrastructure deficit of $4.5 trillion. this is 1.5 trillion. prioritizes a lot of what should be public infrastructure whether its transit or highways and roads. of course we know it has to be paid for so it can pass back. the reality is with all of the talk of investment in infrastructure, 1.5 trillion is about the same as the tax bill. it wouldve been better spent on infrastructure. im not sure where its going to come from and we shouldnt be privatizing our infrastr...

Leveraged to $1.5 trillion, that isnt enough is what theyre saying. i think that you would get republicans saying that, too. $200 billion is a nice number. it is not enough as the president calls it to meet the infrastructure deficit. >> shepard: and then theres the budget. regarding the budget, those against it are against it for different reasons. the president campaigned on ending the face deficits in eight years. this takes it in the other direction and freedom caucus folks on the republican...