THE NEW SEC.
OF TRANSPORTATION WAS TALKING ABOUT
HOW WE ARE GOING TO RAISE THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE
GOING TO NEED FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING BOOM
TRUMP HAS IMPLIED WE ARE GOING TO GET.
WAIT UNTIL YOU FIND OUT WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
LET'S LISTEN.
SO IF I AM HEARING YOU PROPERLY, IF A COMPANY WERE TO
REBUILD A ROAD THEY MIGHT GET
THEIR INVESTMENT BACK BY HAVING A TOLL ON THE ROAD.
THAT WE,
THE TAXPAYERS DON'T PAY A PENNY, THEY MAKE A PROFIT, IT IS A
WIN-WIN?
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT THAT WAY.
I'M NOT SURE HE KNOWS WHAT
A WIN-WIN IS.
I'M ALSO NOT SURE WHAT THE TAXPAYER DOESN'T PAY
ANYTHING MEANS WHEN TOLLS?
WHO PAYS TOLLS?
ANIMALS?
SPIRITS?
YOU PAY TOLLS, IT IS ABOUT AS REGRESSIVE A WAY AS POSSIBLE TO
RAISE MONEY FOR A PROJECT.
WHEN TRUMP SAID WE SHOULD SPEND MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE I
APPLAUDED IT.
WE HAVE TO SPEND ABOUT $3.7 TRILLION TO FIX ALL
THE ROADS AND BRIDGES IN THE
COUNTRY.
IT DOES CREATE A LOT OF JOBS.
I AM OPEN-MINDED, I DON'T
OPPOSE TRUMP BECAUSE HE DID
SOMETHING TO MY FAMILY.
ALL I CARE ABOUT IS WHAT DOES HE DO
AND WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS DECISIONS.
THEN YOU FIND OUT
HE IS JUST KIDDING.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE PRIVATE COMPANIES
DO IT.
THAT MAKES SENSE IF YOU ARE BUILDING A BRIDGE OR A
HIGHWAY.
IT STIMULATES THE ECONOMY, CREATES JOBS, AND
ALLOWS TRANSPORTATION WHICH CREATES MORE JOBS.
AND HE SAYS
WE ARE GOING TO LET THE PRIVATE GUYS PAY FOR IT, AND THEN THEY
HAVE TO MAKE THEIR MONEY BACK.
SO THEY WILL MAKE IT BACK BY
DOING THESE TOLLS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THAT MEANS WE PAY FOR
IT ANYWAY.
BUT WHO PAYS?
IT IS A REGRESSIVE TAX.
IF YOU ARE USING
THE TOLLS, YOU PAY EVERY SINGLE
DAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE GOING TO START TOLLS UNTIL YOU PAY IT
BACK.
YOU WILL HAVE IT FOR DECADES.
IF THE GOVERNMENT PAID FOR IT, THAT IS TAXPAYERS, INCLUDING
THE RICH AND MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS.
WHEN THE
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T PAY FOR IT,
YOU TAKE OUT CORPORATIONS, THE REALLY RICH.
IT IS A MUCH HIGHER
PERCENTAGE OF YOUR INCOME THAN
IT IS IF DAVID KOCH TAKES THAT ROAD.
NORMALLY IF YOU TAKE IT
OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE PAY PROPORTIONATELY.
NOT IF IT
IS A TOLL.
IF IT IS A TOLL YOU PAY DISPROPORTIONATELY FOR THE
REST OF YOUR LIFE.
IT TURNS OUT, AS WITH EVERYTHING WITH TRUMPET
IS A GIANT SCAM.
IT IS TO HELP HIS FRIENDS IN CONSTRUCTION,
REPUBLICAN DONORS, AND TO MILK YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
LET'S NOT BE SURPRISED IF THEY END UP NOT JUST ALLOWING
PRIVATE COMPANIES TO DO THIS WORK, PAY FOR IT, AND THEN THEY
GET LEASES FOR DECADES.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A WAY THAT A
BUSINESSMAN LIKE TRUMP MIGHT ALLOW FOR THE SELLING OFF OF
THESE THINGS.
PRIVATIZATION OF BRIDGES ON A MASS SCALE.
JAYAR
JACKSON FOUND SOMETHING PRETTY FUNNY HERE.
ROLL IT.
TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT'S SO GREAT THAT THE
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CANNOT ASSUME A COST FOR ALL OF IT.
SO IT BEHOOVES US
AS A NATION TO ADDRESS THE DETERIORATING INFRASTRUCTURE BY
THINKING ABOUT NEW AND
INNOVATIVE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN FUND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS THOUGH.
I WILL.
BASICALLY WE ALLOW DIFFERENT KINDS OF MONEY,
PRIVATE-SECTOR MONEY TO COME
INTO THE UNITED STATES, I'M NOT SAYING FOREIGN, TO COME AND FUND
A BRIDGE OR A ROAD.
OR IT CAN BE ANY KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE
ALLOW DIFFERENT KINDS OF MONEY ñ FOREIGN ñ PRIVATE-SECTOR MONEY
TO COME INTO THE UNITED STATES.
SHE'S NOT SAYING FOREIGN.
SHE IS SAYING FOREIGN.
I DID THIS SEGMENT WHEN SHE WAS FIRST
MADE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY.
SHE KEEPS GOING BACK TO THE
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IN DIFFERENT REPUBLICAN
ADMINISTRATIONS.
SHE IS ALSO
MARRIED TO MITCH MCCONNELL.
WHY IS SHE OBSESSED WITH
TRANSPORTATION?
DO YOU KNOW WHY?
I DID RESEARCH, HER FATHER IS A
RICH TAIWANESE BUSINESSMAN WHO
HAS MADE HIS FORTUNE IN TRANSPORTATION.
WHEN SHE SAYS WE
ALLOW FOREIGN ñ I MEAN I DIDN'T
SAY FOREIGN MONEY IN CONTRACTS THAT GO TO GIANT TRANSPORTATION
COMPANIES ñ I DIDN'T SAY FOREIGN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE
CHOW FAMILY GETS RICH OFF OF
THIS TOO?
HERE'S WHO IS NOT GETTING RICH OFF THIS PLAN,
YOU GUYS.