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INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE - OUR NATION’S ECONOMIC ENGINE
BY INVESTING AN ADDITIONAL $157B PER YEAR THROUGH 2020,
WE CAN PREVENT:$3.1 Trillion
loss in GDP
$3,100 per year drop in personal
disposable income per household
$1.1 Trillion loss in total trade
$2.4 Trillion drop in consumer
spending
3.5 Million job losses
BETWEEN NOW AND 2020, THE INVESTMENT SHORTFALL WILL GROW TO $1.1 TRILLION.
AGING AND UNRELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL INCREASE COSTS BY
$1.2 TRILLIONFOR BUSINESSES
$611 BILLIONFOR HOUSEHOLDS
$2.75T FUTURE
NEED
$1.66TCURRENT
NEED $1.1T GAP
INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE: OUR NATION’S ECONOMIC ENGINE
AIRPORTS$134 BILLION INVESTMENT NEED
$95 BILLION EXPECTED FUNDING
$39 BILLION INVESTMENT
GAP BY 2020
SEAPORTS & WATERWAYS$16
BILLION INVESTMENT
GAP BY 2020
$30 BILLION INVESTMENT NEED
$14 BILLION EXPECTED FUNDING
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION$846
BILLION INVESTMENT
GAP BY 2020
$1.7 TRILLION INVESTMENT NEED
$877 BILLION EXPECTED FUNDING
ELECTRICITY$107
BILLION INVESTMENT
GAP BY 2020
$736 BILLION INVESTMENT NEED
$629 BILLION EXPECTED FUNDING
DRINKING WATER& WASTEWATER
$84 BILLION INVESTMENT
GAP BY 2020
$126 BILLION INVESTMENT NEED
$42 BILLION EXPECTED FUNDING
2013 2020
AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT GAP:
$3.1 TRILLION IN GDP$1.1 TRILLION IN U.S. TRADE VALUE
3.5 MILLION JOBS$2.4 TRILLION IN CONSUMER SPENDING
WITHOUT INCREASED INVESTMENT, TRANSPORTATION DELAYS, BLACKOUTS AND BROWNOUTS AND WATER MAIN BREAKS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED COSTS OF $1.2 TRILLION TO BUSINESSES AND $611 BILLION TO HOUSEHOLDS BY 2020.
BY INVESTING $157 BILLION A YEAR, WE CAN PROTECT:
$1.1 TRILLION INVESTMENT
GAP BY 2020
$2.75 TRILLION INVESTMENT NEED$1.66 TRILLION
EXPECTED FUNDING
2012
2020
$10 ,000
$20 ,000
$30 ,000
AND PREVENT, AN AVERAGE LOSS OF MORE THAN
$3,100 /YEAR THROUGH 2020
IN DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME,AMOUNTING TO $28,000 PER HOUSEHOLD OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS
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