Ezra Klein, a columnist for The Washington Post, writes on June 5 about being an infrastructure hawk. He presents an economic and employment argument for investing in infrastructure at this time when interest rates are low and unemployment rates in construction are high.

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When a natural disaster hits, such as the recent Superstorm Sandy, many utilities are knocked out in residential areas. Electricity is the most common service to go down, but what happens less often is water service being disrupted. It's nothing short of remarkable that many places, urban and rural, are able to keep water flowing to and from our homes 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year and during all manner of weather and seasons.