Elaine Chao ( Turtles wife) has terribly freudian slip on Hannity

[pkdu]

Totally NOT foreign investment , did I say foreign? , I meant NOT foreign..

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[Stinky The Clown]

1. Bingo!!!

[Wounded Bear]

2. His "infrastructure plan" is most likely toll roads and bridges...

owned by foreign investors. The only "American" benefit will likely be Wall Street investment firms.

[MagickMuffin]

3. It's already been happening in Texas

Rick Perry gave the green light to foreign investors to build our highway system.

[milestogo]

4. Do they get to collect tolls from us too?

[MagickMuffin]

5. I don't have an answer for that

I just remember that there was a Spanish firm contracted to build some of our toll roads.

[Wounded Bear]

6. It's not a new thing, nation-wide...

I think our local toll roads and bridges are locally/state controlled. Generally we don't like tolls unless they are specifically directed to building and paying for the article in question.

Can't guarantee that, but we're a blue state.

[sarah FAILIN]

7. Of course.

Why else would they want to build a road in our country?

I am shocked this is happening.

[MedusaX]

8. Money Laundering

Infrastructure contracts are widely used to launder large sums....

Example: In Azerbaijan, a well established globally recognized firm quoted a large infrastructure project...
their bid was rejected by the Azerbaijani Govt in favor of a bid for 3x as much ($/km).....
from a construction company associated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.....

The govt officials are well rewarded ... the project gets done... and the front company has a legitimate "contract" to list as their source of income....

which works so long as the participating Govt does not have any pesky regulations & budget oversights

All of their affiliate "supplier" & "sub contractor" CEO's also benefit along the way.....