Taxpayers Lose and Banks Win in This Trump Infrastructure Deal

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By Angie SchmittJan 2, 2018, 11:58 am92 pts
The Trump administration’s insistence on paying for infrastructure with private finance risks draining public coffers to pad profits for banks. In fact, a story from Rhode Island suggests that’s already happening. The projected cost of a local highway project — the Route 95 viaduct — has ballooned more…

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