We've got shovel-ready projects all across the country. And governors and mayors are pleading to fund it. The minute we can get those investments to the state level, jobs are going to be created.
President-elect Obama emphasizes the importance of funding infrastructure projects to create jobs.
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If I had a blame pie for why politics is so polarised and why we're seeing a rise of populism in many places, it's because of that information that is going into our brains every day.
It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.
I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.
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