[Sacajaweau]

Cuz you had to pay off the unions...

[Daveinyork]

I once heard about a joke that shows the difference between Asian corruption and African corruption.

The Asian get rich and invites his African friend to visit his mansion. He points to the road, then to his house and says “10%”

The African invites the Asian friend to his mansion, points to the mansion, then to a nonexistent road, and says “100%”

Asian corruption greases the wheels. The African version of corruption stops them.

Any questions?

[PastorJimCM]

Everyone who gets a paycheck puts into SS. Isn’t that money in a ‘lock-box’? :-)
Everyone who buys gasoline/diesel pays for infrastructure. Isn’t that put into a ‘lock-box’? LOL
Yet these two items are consistently used by the left for the purpose of scare tactics. Why do conservatives remain silent regarding the lies and shiftiness of the liberals?

[GeronL]

It was a political slush fund

[Lmo56]

‘Cuz they left the disbursement of funds up to the states and local communities that got them.

IIRC, one community used their funds to re-pave tennis courts ...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"Infrastructure" is code for "union payola."

[drypowder]

During the George H Bush administration there was a federal $0.05/gallon of gas tax imposed that was to be strictly for transportation infrastructure. Our Government is nothing more than a mob of crooks who have plundered this country to the brink of collapse. And it goes on and on and on and we sit and wait as we try to change our elected officials through lawful process. Man are we stupid. The common people are burdening the blunt of the poverty, not the elites.

[Eva]

As Obama told his audience at the Ohio speech, his infrastructure bill pays for permits, environmental studies, and all the preparation for infrastructure.

What it doesn’t do is pay for the actual work. It does pay the interest on the the financing, though. So we, the tax payers get to make the loans and pay the interest, as well.

If you want to read what is in Obama’s infrastructure and transportation bill, take a look at S. 942.

[Eva]

I have to say that the proposal to start a “bank” to pay for the actual work is new. I wonder if Obama is going to put the money in a lock box along with the SS money.