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Home » Editorial: How to Pass a True Infrastructure Bill
The ironies are piling up fast in opening comments about the Biden administration infrastructure plan.
President Joe Biden cited investment in the federal highway system by Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican, in making the case for the plan. Ironically, Eisenhower was a small-government advocate who actually sought to push more spending to the states, but failed. Then there’s Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, in the first of what will no doubt be many broadsides against the plan. He said that if the package was no more than a “Trojan horse” for a tax increase, count him as a skeptic.