A pen-and-phone strategy may be the only way to make any progress on addressing America’s infrastructure needs in a mid-term election year. But Obama alone does not have the power to stanch the HTF’s bleeding or to reverse years of underinvestment.
笔和电话战略也许是在中期选举年解决美国基础设施需求问题上取得进展的唯一办法。但仅靠奥巴马不足以止住公路信托基金的失血状况或扭转多年来的投资不足情况。这需要国会的行动和新的收入源。