Harris wants to do more than fix potholes, if he can. He wants a few smart, rich, and reasonably sincere people like Gates and Buffet to come up with a plan fo

Harris wants to do more than fix potholes, if he can. He wants a few smart, rich, and reasonably sincere people like Gates and Buffet to come up with a plan for him to do a lot of good with his money. When he says that repaving roads would be better than doing nothing, he's just saying that a good plan executed now will be better than a perfect plan executed never.