Which candidate is better for highway improvements?

[Plutonic Panda]

Which candidate has shown that they "plan" on increasing the funding for new highway and road improvements more so than other? Clinton or Trump?

[corco]

Both have expressed a need to spend more on infrastructure with no specifics on how to do so or fund it.

[NE2]

Johnson. If you like toll roads that only take bitcoin.

[Plutonic Panda]

I'm curious as to which one. I won't be voting in this election as I don't really know which one would be better, but I also have been focusing more on myself than the future of this country. Perhaps it is selfish, but I haven't been paying attention at all. I just know Hilary Clinton is Bill Clinton's wife and Donald Trump wants to build a wall. Who is Johnson?

[hotdogPi]

I'm curious as to which one. I won't be voting in this election as I don't really know which one would be better, but I also have been focusing more on myself than the future of this country. Perhaps it is selfish, but I haven't been paying attention at all. I just know Hilary Clinton is Bill Clinton's wife and Donald Trump wants to build a wall. Who is Johnson?

Johnson is basically a protest vote for people who don't like either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.

[kkt]

Like so many issues, it's not who's president that matters, it's Congress.

[jeffandnicole]

I'm curious as to which one. I won't be voting in this election as I don't really know which one would be better, but I also have been focusing more on myself than the future of this country. Perhaps it is selfish, but I haven't been paying attention at all. I just know Hilary Clinton is Bill Clinton's wife and Donald Trump wants to build a wall. Who is Johnson?

Johnson is basically a protest vote for people who don't like either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.

So, about 110% of the living and dead voters will be voting for Johnson then, right?

[bmorrill]

Johnson is basically a protest vote for people who don't like either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.

So, about 110% of the living and dead voters will be voting for Johnson then, right?
[/quote]

I think you've nailed it.

[Buffaboy]

The one who lost against Hillary.

[Rothman]

The one who lost against Hillary.

How do you figure with the lack of specifics of a plan on either side?

[Buffaboy]

The one who lost against Hillary.

How do you figure with the lack of specifics of a plan on either side?

I meant in the primaries. Still, a $1 trillion investment over 5 years could be a boon to the nation's infrastructure. So many projects and repairs could move forward. It's mind boggling that we spend over $500 billion on the military every year.

[Avalanchez71]

If using the mindset that government creates jobs then why doesn't militray spending also create jobs?  Military spending does spur creation and innovation in the private sector.  Just look at Huntsville, AL.

[epzik8]

Gee, man, I don't even know. Truth be told, I don't like Trump and I'm not a fan of Hillary either. I don't like Gary Johnson, Jill Stein or whoever else may be running on a third-party ticket either. Nobody 2016!!!

[Avalanchez71]

Think of the picture in pieces and not the big picture.  The president is the chief executive of the Executive branch of the government.  The president will make appointments to the Sureme Court.

Much of the rheotric that you hear on TV and radio has more to do with Congress than it does the president.

[PHLBOS]

Think of the picture in pieces and not the big picture.  The president is the chief executive of the Executive branch of the government.  The president will make appointments to the Sureme Court.

However, that appointed nominee (for any federal judge not just a Supreme Court Justice) needs to be confirmed by the US Senate.

So the 3 branches of government (Executive-Legislative-Judicial) are indeed connected.

[jakeroot]

Here in Washington State, both the Democrats and Republicans are into funding new roads, bridges, freeways, HSR, etc. The differences are in the details: For example, WA Republicans oppose express lane tolling, while WA Democrats support it (both, however, support the additional lanes to ease congestion).

I suspect any vote, for any of the three leading parties, is a vote for infrastructure improvements.

[US 41]

I really don't think it matters too much. It's more about how high of a priority it is at the state level than the federal level. In Texas it's a priority and they have great roads. Other states have horrible roads and it's clear that they have other priorities.

[hobsini2]

Like so many issues, it's not who's president that matters, it's Congress.

Bingo

And the last 6 years of Republican control of Congress has had a number of stalled or no votes for highway infrastructure projects in the name of "fiscal responsibility". Load of crap IMO if you look at the military budget and compare.

[hobsini2]

Gee, man, I don't even know. Truth be told, I don't like Trump and I'm not a fan of Hillary either. I don't like Gary Johnson, Jill Stein or whoever else may be running on a third-party ticket either. Nobody 2016!!!

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[nexus73]

Vote the Hitler/Mussolini ticket for autobahns and autostrada...LOL!

All Stalin will give you are dirt roads that turn to mud every spring and fall.

Rick

[kkt]

Vote the Hitler/Mussolini ticket for autobahns and autostrada...LOL!

All Stalin will give you are dirt roads that turn to mud every spring and fall.

Rick

Stalin was a bright guy.  If they'd built good roads before June of 1941, the Germans would have used them to take Moscow.

[Pink Jazz]

Here in Washington State, both the Democrats and Republicans are into funding new roads, bridges, freeways, HSR, etc. The differences are in the details: For example, WA Republicans oppose express lane tolling, while WA Democrats support it (both, however, support the additional lanes to ease congestion).

I suspect any vote, for any of the three leading parties, is a vote for infrastructure improvements.

In Virginia it seems to be the opposite; Republicans seem to be in support of tolls while Democrats seem to be against them.

[1995hoo]

Here in Washington State, both the Democrats and Republicans are into funding new roads, bridges, freeways, HSR, etc. The differences are in the details: For example, WA Republicans oppose express lane tolling, while WA Democrats support it (both, however, support the additional lanes to ease congestion).

I suspect any vote, for any of the three leading parties, is a vote for infrastructure improvements.

In Virginia it seems to be the opposite; Republicans seem to be in support of tolls while Democrats seem to be against them.

Except it's been Democrat governors who got the ball rolling on the HO/T projects.

[Duke87]

If using the mindset that government creates jobs then why doesn't militray spending also create jobs?  Military spending does spur creation and innovation in the private sector.  Just look at Huntsville, AL.

Spending money on weapons creates jobs to design and build weapons, which then serve little purpose other than blowing things up in other parts of the world.

Spending money on infrastructure creates jobs to design and build infrastructure, which then provides mobility and transportation capacity for decades afterward, allowing the economy to grow long term.

Methinks the latter is a better return on investment.

[plain]

I don't think there's been a candidate that's really serious about our highway system since Eisenhower himself