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Ramesh Ponnuru: Infrastructure bill might be bad use of $2 trillion

Little green shoots of bipartisanship are sufficiently rare these days that it feels mean to stomp on them. But I’m afraid that it’s very unlikely that the $2 trillion infrastructure bill that congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump are discussing will amount to a good use of taxpayer money.

“It’s about jobs, jobs, jobs. It’s about promoting commerce. It’s about clean air, clean water, so therefore a public health issue. It’s a quality of life issue, getting people out of their cars not being on the road so much. And in every way, it is a safety issue.