Krugman: Why Trump's Infrastructure Proposal Is a Huge Scam

Progressives might think they can find some common ground with a Trump administration over a infrastructure rebuilding plan, but don't be fooled, Paul Krugman writes in Monday's column. It's just another scam, kind of like Trump University. "Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s chief strategist, is a white supremacist and purveyor of fake news," Krugman opens. "But the other day, in an interview with, um, The Hollywood Reporter, he sounded for a minute like a progressive economist. 'I’m the guy pushing a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan,' he declared. 'With negative interest rates throughout the world, it’s the greatest opportunity to rebuild everything.'

But Trump's infrastructure rebuilding plan is really just a scheme to enrich a few wealthy and well-connected people, with taxpayers once again footing the bill....
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