Right. And if you look, comparatively speaking, now to what China is doing, what India is doing--granted they're developing countries--but they're spending 7 or 8 percent of their GDP on infrastructure projects. Here in the United States we're spending maybe 2. I know we are not a developing country; but we do have major investments to make in our cities, in our rural areas, whether you're talking about combined sewer systems, whether you're talking about waterlines, whether you're talking about dealing with the septic systems in rural areas, whether you're talking about bridges. I think in Trumbull County, where I live, I think we have 60-some bridges that are deemed not adequate.
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