Rebuilding America's Infrastructure: How to Save $1 Trillion Without Increasing the Deficit, Causing Inflation, or Raising Taxes
Type
Policy Brief or Report
Year
2017
Level
National
State(s)
All States
Policy Areas
The $1 trillion public-private infrastructure plan proposed by the Trump Administration would cost an additional $1 trillion-plus in financing and user fees over a ten-year period. This policy brief lays out a variety of funding options that would not increase taxes or the federal debt, would not trigger hyperinflation, would not result in massive privatization of public assets, and would be feasible legislatively. Funding options include direct federal reserve loans for infrastructure, “helicopter money”, creating an infrastructure bank, and more.