Fawn Johnson, writing for National Journal, quoted former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell on the need for further investment in national infrastructure. Johnson was the moderator for PPI’s Investing in Jobs and Infrastructure: Twin Keys for Metro Growth event last week and her quote comes from Rendells opening remarks at that event. In explaining the need for infrastructure invesement, Rendell said:
The argument against tolling on federal highways has been, ‘We paid for it once.’ OK, we paid for it once. …It’s like buying the $45,000 car of your dreams and for the next four or five years not putting a penny into it. It’s silly.
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