Editorial: Taxpayer money can build transit projects -- and a stronger middle class. L.A. Metro shows how

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : With passage of the infrastructure law, the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act, the federal government will spend almost $2 trillion over the next several years to kick-start semiconductor manufacturing, renewable energy development and the transition to zero-emission vehicles, which will create permanent jobs.
54% : The manufacturing careers policy will require that companies building the agency's buses and rail cars pay good wages and provide workforce training or apprenticeships, and ensure at least 10% of workers are considered "disadvantaged," including those on public assistance, veterans, people with felony records and young people leaving foster care.

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