How about 1% for infrastructure?(2)

The shortcomings in US infrastructure have received much attention. Jay Brown (pictured) and Robin Priest argue that a modest channeling of income tax revenue could be a big step towards addressing the problem

In the US, the one thing Main Street and Wall Street, Republicans and Democrats, and the 99 percent and the 1 percent can agree on, is the need for substantial immediate investment in the nation’s infrastructure. 

The Treasury Department’s March 2012 report, “A New Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Investment,” states that 19 out of 20 Americans are “concerned” about the nation’s infrastructure, and 84 percent support greater infrastructural investment.

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