To its discredit, the Trump administration has turned “infrastructure week” into a running joke, betraying both the president’s core constituency and the country at large. The need is no joke. At last report, the professional American Society of Civil Engineers rated the nation’s infrastructure a D+, a grade in which […] Read more »
Infrastructure Failure Underscores Government’s Problems
On May 22, the president and congressional leaders met to discuss infrastructure — one of the American people’s highest priorities for their elected representatives. Within 10 minutes, however, the meeting was called off. Nothing was accomplished. The exact circumstances of what happened on May 22 aren’t as important as what […] Read more »
Washington-area residents widely oppose paying a toll to drive into downtown D.C.
A clear majority of Washington-area residents oppose congestion pricing — charging drivers a toll to enter the District during high-traffic times to ease congestion — according to a recent Washington Post-Schar School poll. The survey finds that 63 percent of residents oppose the idea, nearly double the 34 percent who […] Read more »
The Singular Appeal of a Government Focus on Infrastructure
President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other congressional leaders met at the White House on Tuesday and announced an agreement in principle to spend $2 trillion to fix the nation’s infrastructure. This verbal agreement is a great distance away from the enactment of […] Read more »
Looking to the Future, Public Sees an America in Decline on Many Fronts
When Americans peer 30 years into the future, they see a country in decline economically, politically and on the world stage. While a narrow majority of the public (56%) say they are at least somewhat optimistic about America’s future, hope gives way to doubt when the focus turns to specific […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters favor taxing the wealthy, increasing domestic spending
Voters prefer increasing spending on domestic programs over cutting taxes and reducing spending, and their preferred way to finance that spending — is tax the wealthy. That’s according to a Fox News Poll released Thursday. Fifty-one percent of voters want to spend more on programs such as infrastructure, national defense, […] Read more »