the rule of thumb is that for every $10 billion in highway funds 42,000 jobs are created. Those are good paying jobs. These are not service industry jobs. Those are highway jobs. The effect of this amendment would be to cut the funding of the highway trust fund by $13 billion over 150 days--roughly 5 months. That is going to mean upwards of at least 50,000 American jobs cut--not there.
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