President Donald Trump hasn’t unveiled his promised $1 trillion infrastructure initiative, but the White House offered an early outline of the plan Tuesday when it released the budget blueprint for fiscal year 2018.
The 62-page document, which calls for draconian cuts to safety net programs while boosting military spending, seeks $200 billion in federal funding over the next 10 years to overhaul the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and waterways. Trump’s plan will otherwise rely on “incentivized non-federal funding,” or private tax incentives meant to spur investment in infrastructure projects.
