U.S. could be left behind on infrastructure, Biden says

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/09/us-could-be-left-behind-infrastructure-biden-says



Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Port of Charleston in South Carolina on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Biden was visiting Charleston with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to stress the need to modernize the nation's transportation infrastructure. Charleston is pursuing a more than $300 million harbor deepening project.

U.S. could be left behind on infrastructure, Biden says
By Bruce Smith
The Associated Press
© September 16, 2013

CHARLESTON, S.C.

Vice President Joe Biden implored Americans on Monday to find the resources to invest in its ports, warning the U.S. will fall behind its competitors unless it spends now to bolster its infrastructure.

Addressing a crowd of about 300 on a wind-swept dock in Charleston, S.C., Biden said the U.S. is behind the rest of the world. He cast infrastructure projects as key to a broader strategy of growing the middle class, calling them a big win not just for local communities, but the entire nation.

"Every time we invest in infrastructure as Democrats or as Republicans — every time we have done it — the economy grows and it grows good, decent-paying jobs," Biden said.

The Charleston swing by Biden and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was the latest stop in an ongoing effort by the vice president to shine a light on the nation's ailing roads, bridges and ports in hopes of encouraging more investment despite opposition by many Republicans to more government spending.



unhappycamper comment: I can find $300 million dollars easy.




Yea, I see the problem: 3% for Transportation 57% for the military.


Let's not buy one F-35 fighter OR
let's not buy one Littoral Combat Ship OR
let's not buy one Ford-class aircraft carrier and get our priorities straight.

Just sayin......