Chamber of Commerce, an opponent of higher taxes for the wealthy, supports raising the gas tax to fund multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects that could fix roads and help the economy.
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2013
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Oct
2011
11
Nov
Amid all the bitter wrangling between big business and the White House, there is one point of agreement: the need to rebuild the nation’s roads, bridges, and rails. The U.S. has fallen from eight to 16 on the World Economic Forum’s infrastructure rating; one bipartisan report cites a $200 billion annual shortfall just to maintain our current transportation network. But in these tight economic times, who’s going to pay? We took that question to Matt Rose, who heads BNSF, North America’s second-largest rail freight system, and is a member of President Obama’s jobs council.
2011
7
Sep
It sounds like the latest Apple product, but it has the power to create far more jobs with little government money.
