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Bridges Not Bombs: Finding $300 Billion for Infrastructure

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Channel: FORA.tv · 2010 · News & Politics

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Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell advocates for increased spending on infrastructure development. Rendell argues that while the cost to repair America's aging infrastructure may seem daunting, the hundreds of billions used to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would easily fund the project.

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Keynote speech by Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell during the 2010 American Water Summit.

Water and money need to be better connected in the United States. While water is facing greater challenges than ever before in terms of infrastructure renewal, growing scarcity, and changing demographics, the money is not there to seize the opportunity. The stimulus package has been allocated, but public finances are struggling to keep afloat in its wake. It is time for change, and time for new directions. - American Water Summit 2010

Edward G. Rendell is serving his second term as Pennsylvania's 45th Governor, overseeing a $28.3 billion budget in the nation's sixth-most-populous state. His strategic investments have energized Pennsylvania's economy, created jobs, revitalized communities, improved education, protected the environment, and expanded access to health care for children and affordable prescription drugs for older adults.

Governor Rendell is also working to create jobs in the emerging alternative energy economy and develop strategies to reduce dependence on foreign oil and save families money. Rendell was the 121st Mayor of the City of Philadelphia (1992--99), eliminating a $250 million deficit; balancing the city's budget and generating five consecutive budget surpluses; reducing business and wage taxes for four consecutive years; implementing new revenue-generating initiatives, and improving services to neighborhoods.

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