Schuchardt trivializes long overdue infrastructure initiative

My fellow Glen Ellynite, Dan Schuchardt, follows the GOP playbook to pretend a true society elevating, job creating spending bill is “not what it’s purported to be” (Trib letters, April 5). Referring to President Biden’s 2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill, he even puts infrastructure in quotes to emphasize its dubiousness. To Schuchardt, it’s mainly a tax increase bill dealing with climate change and social issues.

Since he fails to itemize a single infrastructure project let’s mention a few.

It calls for investment in transportation infrastructure including upgrading 10,000 bridges, 20,000 miles of roadway as well as modernizing ports and airports

It calls for replacing 50,000 public utility fossil fuel vehicles with electric power, and charging them from 500,000 charging stations.

The initiative will be used to improve drinking water infrastructure, expand broadband access and upgrade electric grids. All lead-based drinking water pipes are scheduled for the scrap heap.

Investment will go into building and retrofitting affordable housing and schools.

The infrastructure initiative will not kick start the currency printing presses. It will kickstart the resurgence of a no longer world class economy.

It will not tax Joe Sixpack. It will claw back half of the 14% corporate tax cut granted companies by Trump in 2017 and curb scandalous offshore profit sheltering. No one making under $400,000 will pay a penny for these long overdue improvements.

The infrastructure bill is not well served by empty, fact free charges. It requires careful analysis of long overdue, critically needed investment in America’s future.

Regarding infrastructure, it's time for America to go big or go home