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John Bel Edwards: “Thank you for that. I just want to remind our colleagues that for every $1 billion, $1 billion that we invest in…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2011
Thank you for that. I just want to remind our colleagues that for every $1 billion, $1 billion that we invest in repairing the Nation's infrastructure, we create 35,000 jobs: $1 billion, 35,000 jobs. So the multiplier effect is really tremendous. It is the construction worker on the site, but it's also the canteen truck that drives up-- that's the small business person at that site. It's the engineers and all of the technicians who develop that amazing engineering for these construction sites. It's the architects who are designing a revamped school in a neighborhood to educate our children to compete in the 21st century. So $1 billion equals 35,000 jobs.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana
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Sep 14, 2011

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