Clinton pledges hundreds of billions for infrastructure

Clinton’s plan, which she unveiled at the launch of “Hard Hats for Hillary” at Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston, would include the creation of an infrastructure bank and would be paid for by a “business tax reform”, according to her campaign. “Where are my fellow tradeswomen and men?”

A campaign aide added that the bulk of that – $250 billion – would go to direct investment by the federal government, while the remaining $25 billion would support a national Strategic Infrastructure Bank, which would fund future projects through a combination of financing mechanisms.

“Hillary Clinton understands unions”, said O’Sullivan, who also spoke at the event on Sunday.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is promising hundreds of billions of dollars in new federal spending in an effort to compete with the liberal economic policies of her presidential primary challengers.

“Get your sledge hammers ready, because we’ve got a glass ceiling to demolish!” he shouted into the microphone, before turning the stage over to Clinton.

“I am a lifelong Democrat”, O’Malley said, taking subtle jabs at Sanders who identifies as a Democratic socialist, and Clinton, who was a Young Republican in high school.

On Sunday, Hillary Clinton announced a plan that she claims will revitalize America’s infrastructure and create thousands of jobs in the process. “Not just because infrastructure jobs are good paying jobs and not because we desperately need to invest in building our future again, though we do, but because investing in infrastructure makes our economy more productive and competitive across the board”.

To great applause, Clinton thanked the trade unions that she said never stopped investing in their workforces, even in the middle of the recent recession, and voiced her support for them and their extensive training programs required for often-dangerous jobs. “We’ve got to do this now”.

The spending plan is the most expensive Clinton has proposed so far, the Post reported, eclipsing her $350 billion college affordability plan.

Bill Clinton called for one during his 1992 campaign and made some progress on the idea during his first term.

Sanders is trailing Clinton when it comes to fundraising in MA by $35 million, but Sanders is leading in one of the major indicators of grass-roots support, a fact he likes to tout – small ticket donors. Clinton’s firmest opponent for the nomination, Bernie Sanders, Vermont Sen.

The event was notably pro-labor, with members from Laborers’ International Union of North America and United Brotherhood of Carpenters both inside and outside the event.

For many here, Clinton is a familiar face and a known quantity.

“I’m not going to let anybody undermine collective bargaining rights”, she said, arguing that unions would have a partner in the White House with her as president.