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Thu Nov 20, 2014, 03:39 PM Nov 2014

Papantonio: Why Infrastructure Investment Vanished

Some of the best economists in the country have been saying for years that the best way to stimulate the economy is through infrastructure spending. But that advice has been largely ignored by politicians.

America's Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, and attorney Howard Nations discuss this story.

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Dustlawyer

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1. Fed up yet? If you are tired of the corruption in our politics there is only one man (so far) that
Thu Nov 20, 2014, 05:07 PM
Nov 2014

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