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why the world s biggest emerging economies are going their way together is what it means for the rest of us, and america s highway trust fun is this close to running on empty. what happens when the roads you ride on get fixed because congress can t cut a deal. why you, the american consumer, are keeping your wallet in your pocket instead of stimulating the economy. i m ali velshi and this is real money. this is real money , and you are the most important part of the show, so tell me what s on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi or hit me up on facebook.com. the bricks are trying to throw their weight around and challenge the dominance of the world bank and the international monetary fund. i m talking about the biggest emerging markets in the world, brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. and their leaders are holding a summit in brazil this week. and today unveiled plans for a new bank to finance infrastructure projects in the developing world and a reserve ....
economic policy. why the world s biggest emerging economies are going their way together is what it means for the rest of us, and america s highway trust fun is this close to running on empty. what happens when the roads you ride on get fixed because congress can t cut a deal. why you, the american consumer, are keeping your wallet in your pocket instead of stimulating the economy. i m ali velshi and this is real money. this is real money , and you are the most important part of the show, so tell me what s on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi or hit me up on facebook.com. the bricks are trying to throw their weight around and challenge the dominance of the world bank and the international monetary fund. i m talking about the biggest emerging markets in the world, brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. and their leaders are holding a summit in brazil this week. and today unveiled plans for a new bank to finance infrastructure projects in the developing wo ....
ray: hello, i m ray suarez. bosses have told me over and over don t over do it on the numbers. people can t follow them, but some stories require numbers, no way around it. consider it the pile of money meant to pay to maintain the country s roads and bridges, the highway trust fund is replenished from the federal gas tax. that tax has not gone up in a generation. 21 years in which gas and highway repairs both got more expensive. inflation ate away as the $0.18 price of tax, and found ways to use less of it. no need to break out the green eye shade and play accountant, it s clear those numbers don t work. it s start to go look like it s not just the numbers that don t worry but our politics, too. crisis after crisis in recent years has been resistant to endurable, long-term solution. with the highway trust fund close to spending it s last buck congress has prepared a patch that just might get us to the end of the year. reporter: by august first the highway trust fun ....
ray: hello, i m ray suarez. bosses have told me over and over don t over do it on the numbers. people can t follow them, but some stories require numbers, no way around it. consider it the pile of money meant to pay to maintain the country s roads and bridges, the highway trust fund is replenished from the federal gas tax. that tax has not gone up in a generation. 21 years in which gas and highway repairs both got more expensive. inflation ate away as the $0.18 price of tax, and found ways to use less of it. no need to break out the green eye shade and play accountant, it s clear those numbers don t work. it s start to go look like it s not just the numbers that don t worry but our politics, too. crisis after crisis in recent years has been resistant to endurable, long-term solution. with the highway trust fund close to spending it s last buck congress has prepared a patch that just might get us to the end of the year. reporter: by august first the highway trust fun ....
ray: hello, i m ray suarez. bosses have told me over and over don t over do it on the numbers. people can t follow them, but some stories require numbers, no way around it. consider it the pile of money meant to pay to maintain the country s roads and bridges, the highway trust fund is replenished from the federal gas tax. that tax has not gone up in a generation. 21 years in which gas and highway repairs both got more expensive. inflation ate away as the $0.18 price of tax, and found ways to use less of it. no need to break out the green eye shade and play accountant, it s clear those numbers don t work. it s start to go look like it s not just the numbers that don t worry but our politics, too. crisis after crisis in recent years has been resistant to endurable, long-term solution. with the highway trust fund close to spending it s last buck congress has prepared a patch that just might get us to the end of the year. reporter: by august first the highway trust fun ....