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Erika Bsumek

Infrastructure spending has always involved social engineering

June 29, 2021 by Erika Bsumek

The effort by Democrats and Republicans in Congress to find agreement over a federal infrastructure spending bill has hinged on a number of factors, including what “infrastructure” actually is – but the debate ignores a key historical fact.

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