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- <title>
- Mar. 19, 1990: American Notes:Transportation
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Mar. 19, 1990 The Right To Die
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 25
- American Notes
- TRANSPORTATION
- Passing the Buck--Again
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Caught between his campaign promise not to raise taxes and
- a general aversion to political risk, George Bush unveiled his
- "transportation strategy" last week. The glossy 129-page
- document is long range and comprehensive, but it may not help
- many Americans get to work faster. Like the education strategy
- announced earlier this year, the transportation plan indicates
- that Bush is more adept at identifying the nation's problems
- than at solving them.
- </p>
- <p> Drafted by Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner, the
- blueprint for repairing America's crumbling roads and easing
- airport congestion is almost silent on how to pay for what it
- recommends. Where it is specific, the plan proposes new or
- additional "user fees" and surcharges for air travelers and new
- authority for states to turn federally financed highways into
- toll roads. Translation: Bush wants to improve Americans'
- mobility, but he would prefer that local politicians raise the
- funds needed to break the transportation gridlock.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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