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Georgia Construction Aggregate Association2010 Midyear Meeting
June 25, 2010
Joy Wilson President and CEO
National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
Federal Actions to Avert Depression
• Series of Bailouts – TARP • Oct. 2008, $700 B authorized
–ARRA • Feb. 2009, $787 B authorized• $27.5 B – roads/bridges
Impact of Recession to Federal Budget
• 2010 Federal budget - $3.6 trillion
• 2010 Federal deficit – $1.5 trillion
• 2010 Federal debt – $9.2 trillion
• 2020 Federal debt –$20 trillion
2010 Federal Spending
Discretionary - domestic$680 B
Decretionary - DoD
Mandatory - Medicare andMedicaid
Mandatory - Social Security
Mandatory - otherretirement & incomesecurity spending
MSHA
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DOTHighway Bill
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DOTHighway Bill
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Aggregates Industry
MSHA 2009 RESPIRABLE DUST COMPLIANCE EXPOSURE DATA
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Labor I
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NIOSHTaxes
MSHAEPA
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NIOSHTaxes
Environmental Extremists
Asbestos Fibers vs. Non-Asbestiform Fragments
Asbestos AsbestosROCKS ROCKS
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MSHAEPA
Labor I
ssues
DOTHighway Bill
NIOSHTaxes
Environmental Extremists
NIMBY – Livability Issues
MSHAEPA
Labor I
ssues
DOTHighway Bill
NIOSHTaxes
Environmental Extremists
Nimby – Livability Issues
100+ Years of Washington Experience“Driving it Home”
1. Take Washington back to the people, to the heart of communities
2. Change the Voice
3. America issue -
Not just construction jobs
“The Crumbling of America”
Life is a Highway.org