Taking the Pork Out of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
October 20, 2021
H.R.3684, all 1,372 pages using size 12 Robo font, is a whopper. Every dollar sign is followed by at least six zeros, and it’s pretty much hopeless to sum up the total to be spent. Passed or not, what’s included as “infrastructure” in the bill is important. According to BCMI President and Co-Founder Craig Yeack: “The redefinition of infrastructure by our congressional leaders is the most amazing contortion since our friend Bill Clinton redefined the word ‘is.’” And yet, he says, “We need this bill.” Yeack breaks it down for you in this Tech Trends column, published by Concrete Products.