“There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level.” CountrySpiritualLevelsNumbersStepsEconomicOur CountryInfrastructure Author:Carol Moseley Braun
“Pennsylvania is one of the worst states in country when it comes to the condition of its infrastructure, and Philadelphia isn't any better off than Pittsburgh. Nine million people a day travel over 900 bridges classified as structurally deficient, some of them on a heavily traveled section of I-95.” PeopleCountryStatesMillionsWorstConditionsNineBridgesTraveledSectionsBetter OffInfrastructurePhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaPittsburgh Author:Steve Kroft
“This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good investment for them, for their children, for their grandchildren, and they would directly contribute to revitalizing a big sector of middle-class wages in America and making our country more productive, so that we could create more opportunity. But I think that we could get a lot of grassroots support from, like, local chambers of commerce and other things if they understood exactly how this infrastructure bank would work.” IfsThinkingWayChildrenCountryBigsAmericaOpportunityClassMillionsSupportMiddleUnderstoodDollarsInvestmentLocalsOur CountryOne WayProductiveMiddle ClassWealthyCommerceWagesGrandchildrenInfrastructureChamberGrassrootsChamber Of Commerce Author:William J. Clinton
“In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.” CountrySeriousTradeDevelopingBarriersInfrastructureDeveloping CountriesTariffs Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“The political controversy surrounding this Boston's Big Dig could have the effect of throwing cold water on any plans for farsighted infrastructure development around the country.” CountryBigsPoliticalWaterPlansEffectsColdDevelopmentThrowingControversyInfrastructureBostonCold Water Author:Andrew Natsios