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President Trump's Infrastructure Proposals to Include Privatization of Air-Traffic Control

posted by n1 on Sunday June 04 2017, @07:17AM   
from the private-but-not-free dept.

takyon writes:

Bloomberg reports:

Donald Trump next week will send Congress a proposal to hand over control of the U.S. air-traffic control system to a non-profit corporation, part of a week-long push for his infrastructure plan, said Gary Cohn, the president's chief economic adviser.

The proposal, which Trump will release on Monday in an Oval Office ceremony and Rose Garden event, will kick off what Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, called the formal launch of the president's infrastructure initiative. Later in the week, Trump plans to travel to Ohio and Kentucky to garner support for his plan -- a key campaign promise -- to channel $1 trillion into the nation's roads, bridges, inland waterways and other public facilities.

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• Boondoggles (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @06:04PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @06:04PM (#520300)

  distracting from the announced $1T in infrastructure spending.

  There has been no such announcement.
  All Don the Con wants to do is give tax breaks to private companies [medium.com] so they can more cheaply own our public infrastructure.
  He wants more tolls on bridges and highways.
  Its just corporate welfare masquerading as public infrastructure.
  Even super "business friendly" Texas wants nothing to do with it. [bloomberg.com]

  And, its already been proven that "Public Private Partnerships" just produce useless boondoggles. [thenewspaper.com]

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