Trump infrastructure plan leans heavily on state and local dollars
Burlington County Times.
...That funding is expected to come from program cuts, and cities and states that apply for the grants are expected to use the money to pay for no more than 20 percent of the cost of a project. Local taxes, fees, tolls or private investment will need to be used to cover the remaining 80 percent.
..."Candidate Trump's top promise was to provide a trillion dollars to repair our infrastructure. But after over a year in office, he's only provided for his billionaire buddies. He added over $1.4 trillion to the federal deficit and provided no way to pay for his tax scam. But now he refuses to provide new funding to fix our aging infrastructure and put middle-class Americans back to work," Norcross said Monday. "His weak infrastructure plan puts pressure on our cities and states and fails to deliver on his trillion-dollar-plus commitment."