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What Luis Inacio Lula da Silva said about increase investment in infrastructure, skills training, and science and technology

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva

July 30, 2026

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Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: And you won't succeed, and then you'll go broke.

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: But if you're growing and you measure your size, and every year you say, I'm going to take on a debt like this because I'll grow 2%, 3% more, a debt I can pay, you'll be fine, man.

So, in this country, when you take on debt to build a road, you're not taking on debt for nothing, you're increasing the country's assets.

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva · 64:40

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: When you build a port, you're increasing the country's assets.

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: When you build an airport, you are increasing them.

Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence

uses roads, ports and airports as examples of productive debt.

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