Could be sent to speaker heritaheritage speakerheritage. Org. Leading our discussion today is Michael Sergeant Research Associate in thomas a. Rowe institute. He over sesees and examines our surface transportation aviation water ways and other policy issues related to infrastructure around the country, a regular contributor to the daily signal, please join me in welcoming Michael Sergeant. Mike. [ applause ] thanks, good afternoon and thanks for joining us at the heritage foundation. In terms of sheer lip service, infrastructure was one of the most prompt issues in the 2016 campaign. Both candidates addressed it as a way to deal with our crumbling roads and bridges and delap p e dilapidated airports. Now the new president is poised to offer a 1 trillion infrastructure plan and has the democrats following suit with our own 1 trillion proposal although still very few specifics these issues will come to the forefront as Campaign Promises run up against reality. The questions we must addre
That questions or comments about be sent at any time to speaker heritage. Org and of course, we will post the program on the heritage home page for your future reference as well. Leading our discussion today is michael sergeant, Whos Research society yat in our institute for Economic Policy studies. He leads our efforts to form late free market transportation and infrastructure. He oversees and watches and examines ur surface transportation aviation, waterways and other policy issues related to infrastructure around the country. He is a regular contributor to the daily cig nsignal and has bn the Washington Post, boston herald, houston chronicle, the hill and fox news. At least in terms of sheer lip service, infrastructure was one of the most prominent issues during the 2016 campaign. Both candidates addressed it as a way to deal with our crumbling roads and bridges and dilapidated airports. Now the new president is poised to offer a 1 trillion infrastructure plan and has the democrats
I think this is the last thing we need in this situation. So why cant we stick our Heads Together and create an arrangement that will make sure that our airplanes, your ships, our military installations dont come as close to each other as has happened in recent weeks too often . And if i just may invite edward lucas to add his question, because i think his question goes exactly in the right in the same direction, if im not totally mistaken. Edward . Hes over there. Minister, a few weeks ago a plane leaving copenhagen airport on its way to warsaw came within nine seconds of collision with one of your countrys warplanes, which was flying in civilian airspace, in international airspace, with its transponders switched off. This is not something that any nato or any country could do when flying near russia. So why do your warplanes, your countrys warplanes find it necessary to fly in international airspace, which they have every right to do, but to do so with that transponder switched off,
Many states are willing to raise their own taxes. Wyoming and maryland raise their own taxes to pay for their infrastructure. Is it big country. If a structure is a really big topic and that is funded differently. Host these are a lot of issues that congress have to wrestle with. They have to fund the highway and there is legislation percolating out there. Sfx summer of hawkins might be open to this idea of raising the gas tax. Guest i do not think that raising the gas tax is going to happen. The president is not in favor of raising the taxes and Public Opinion polls showed that the American Public is against that. I think what president obama goes wrong and his Transportation Plan is to increase federal spending in the centralization of a lot of infrastructure. I think we often let the 50 states be the laboratory of democracy and infrastructure. Say governments can raise their own gas tax whenever they want. They can do more innovative reforms, such as moving to a privatization of the
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