MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Highways Another Victim of DC’s Gridlock

On today’s Morning Joe, Steven Rattner discusses the threat to US highways as a result of declining gas tax revenues, the looming insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund, and Washington’s inability to come up with a long-term solution. Click here for charts.

Why US highways are victims of DC gridlock

Morning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner joins Morning Joe to discuss how the nation’s highway system is the latest victim of Washington gridlock.

On today’s Morning Joe, Steven Rattner discusses the threat to US highways as a result of declining gas tax revenues, the looming insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund, and Washington’s inability to come up with a long-term solution.


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“[a] surprisingly modest account…Rattner has a journalistic talent for the telling detail, resulting in a memorable tale of life in the middle of the economic meltdown...Rattner deftly draws portraits of the inhabitants of "the Oval" and the West Wing...Rattner has proved himself a gifted chronicler.”
-Time Magazine

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