Obama traza un plan keynesiano para mantener 700.000 puestos de trabajo

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unless the president's new $302 billion, four-year transportation program is passed, current transportation funding will run out later this year, endangering 112,000 highway, port and bridge projects, 5,600 transit projects and nearly 700,000 jobs.

la maquinaria de la campaña comenzó a engrasarse el pasado miércoles, cuando el presidente de EEUU ofreció una rueda de prensa en Tarrytown (Nueva York), a orillas del río Hudson. Al fondo se encontraba el puente de Tappan Zee, una infraestructura con 59 años de antigüedad que se convirtió en la excusa perfecta para denunciar la importancia de su plan.President Obama on Wednesday called on Congress to act swiftly to approve billions of dollars in funding for the nation's aging roads, bridges and rail systems, warning that a failure to do so may cost the economy 700,000 jobs.Speaking on the banks of the Hudson River, Obama said no sector suffered more in the recession than the construction industry, arguing that new public works projects would help put many back to work and attract businesses deciding whether to locate in the United States or overseas.
"Building a world-class transportation system is one of the reasons America became an economic superpower in the first place," Obama said. "But over the past 50 years, as a share of our economy, our investment in transportation has shrunk by 50 percent. Think about that. Our investment in transportation has been cut by half.
Meanwhile, Mr. Obama said, a competitor like China is spending four times as much as the United States on transportation investments."Businesses are going to come where there's good infrastructure," he said.çla propia casa blanca ha realizado sus cálculos y concluido que países como Polonia,