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Cities and town governments have put forward $90 billion in projects that they say, from the ground level, they say they're ready to go, that could be funded this way. $90 billion in requests from the ground level for concrete that needs pouring, for asphalt that needs laying down, bridges that need repaired, tracks that need to be installed and people who need to be hired to do all that needed work. the t.i.g.e.r. program doesn't have $90 billion to spend. the t.i.g.e.r. program has less than 1/30th of that to spend. the t.i.g.e.r. program has only had $2.5 billion to spend over 3 years. ther...

It's going to replace the sellwood bridge in oregon. it's going to replace the kenneback bridge in maine and fix main street in beautiful buffalo, new york. reinstruct three miles of illinois route 83. which is all great. again, this year, cities and towns put up more than 800 projects like that that were ready to go, ready to inject a very stimulative $14 billion worth of investment into the economy. instead, we are only funding a fraction of that amount. the amount for the t.i.g.e.r. grants this year is less than $1 billion. they asked for $19 billion. the proportion that's getting funded he...

Funded this way. $90 billion in requests from the ground level for concrete that needs pouring, for asphalt that needs laying down, bridges that need repaired, tracks that need to be installed and people who need to be hired to do all that needed work. the t.i.g.e.r. program doesn't have $90 billion to spend. the t.i.g.e.r. program has less than 1/30th of that to spend. the t.i.g.e.r. program has only had $2.5 billion to spend over 3 years. there's a ton that could be done if congress could expand this kind of thing. even with the little bit of money this t.i.g.e.r. program has to spend this y...