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On the recordMay 23, 2013
What is crazy is that we had generations from the very start of this country thinking about infrastructure as an investment for the future, and we view it now as a cost that we can't afford.
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Stephen Flynn
Scottish National Party

Editor's note · Context

Flynn critiques the current perspective on infrastructure spending as a cost rather than an investment.

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