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

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Environmental Extremists

Asbestos Fibers vs. Non-Asbestiform Fragments

Asbestos AsbestosROCKS ROCKS

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NIMBY – Livability Issues

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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”

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