The Trump administration will prioritize birth rates in doling out transportation projects, testing out a rising philosophy of conservative politics, and punishing blue cities in the process.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the father of nine children, released an undated memo saying the department will act on “sound economic principles” while maximizing benefits for families, representing a new direction for the agency and a new way of thinking about federal projects.
Duffy’s memo indicates that environmental concerns will be given less emphasis, which was expected given the switch from a Democratic to a Republican administration, but the eyebrow-raising line spells out that places with more marriages and babies will get a leg up when applying for DOT projects.
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DOT will “give preference to communities with marriage and
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