from, same from politicians for manufacturing issues. there s always been these geographic concerns that trumped party affiliation. separately, there were also areas of consensus that no matter where you were from, no matter what your ideology, no matter what your political party, there were things everyone could agree were good ideas, things that passed congress by overwhelming margins. let take, for example, highways, the highway system that tens of millions of americans travel on every single day of the week, highways were something that had to be voted into existence. it s the result of the federal aid highway act of 1956, which was signed into law from president dwight eisenhower, a republican president, along with a democratic-controlled house and senate, came together and said hey, building highways is a great idea for the country, let s do it. the interstate highway system was one of the largest public works projects in american history. it was signed into law by a republican p
the interstate highway system was one of the largest public works projects in american history. it was signed into law by a republican president. the interstate highway system wasn t just about putting people to work, it was also seen as a national defense priority. remember, dwight eisenhower knew that it was imperative to be able to move things from state to state on high-quality roads in order to be able to protect this country. but the other thing the interstate highway system did is it helped expand the middle class in this country, it allowed people to move out of high-rent districts in the middle of cities and into suburbia, it presented ur ban enclaves for people to live outside of cities where they had access to things like high-quality schools. building and repairing highways that link the country is not just make work, it s integral to all these other aspects to how we think about our society, and it s for that reason that
was one of the largest public works projects in american history. it was signed into law by a republican president. the interstate highway system wasn t just about putting people to work, it was also seen as a national defense priority. remember, dwight eisenhower knew that it was imperative to be able to move things from state to state on high-quality roads in order to be able to protect this country. but the other thing the interstate highway system did is it helped expand the middle class in this country, it allowed people to move out of high-rent districts in the middle of cities and into suburbia, it presented ur ban enclaves for people to live outside of cities where they had access to things like high-quality schools. building and repairing highways that link the country is not just make work, it s integral to all these other aspects to how we think about our society, and it s for that reason that funding highway projects is something that s just made sense over the years, it ha