Most of the US infrastructure is over 100 years old, and the need to replace, repair, and build it new is upwards of $5 trillion. There is no more money in the budget, it is necessary to use a National Infrastructure Bank, as was done by Lincoln, FDR (Hoover), Eisenhower, etc. This can be done by capitalizing it with US Treasury bonds, creating no new federal debt, and no new federal taxes. We can do this, or continue to watch our infrastructure crumble to the ground. The bank would address the needs of blue-collar workers, rural America, Buy America, etc. It will create 25 million high-wage jobs, invest low-interest, long-term loans into both rural and urban, and minority and small business owners.
Again, IT WILL NOT ADD TO THE FEDERAL DEFICIT!!