Ed Rendell on Technology

Democratic PA Governor

Building America's Future: begin infrastructure repair

Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell in 2008 teamed up with California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to form Building America's Future (BAF), a bipartisan coalition looking, in Rendell's words, to "deliver a message to Washington that if America is going to have a future, an economically viable future, a quality-of-life future, a future that involves public safety, we have to begin the business of repairing infrastructure." In a February 2010 speech at an economic conference, Rendell warned, "If we don't do something quickly, by the time 2030 rolls around, America will be a second-rate economic power." Telling the businessmen in the room that "nothing significant will change until the businessmen step up and say, 'Guys, we're having the living daylights beaten out of us. If we don't do something quickly, we're sunk--we're a cooked goose.'" Source: Third World America, by Arianna Huffington, p. 97 , Sep 2, 2010

Fund targeted investments that make sense for our future

My goal is to fund targeted investments that make sense for our future across the state, and that put Pennsylvanians on the job. Like rebuilding our infrastructure-our roads, bridges, adding rail lines, even modernizing our telecommunications systems. I want to transform blighted property and encourage redevelopment in places that have long since given up hope for their own recovery. I want to work with local leaders to design economic development programs for each Pennsylvania community. Source: Budget Address to Pennsylvania General Assembly , Mar 4, 2003

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