Posted on 09/15/2011 3:08:56 PM PDT by Kaslin
Maybe we could stop skimming 30 or 40% off highway funds and fix the bridges instead of paying for high speed rail and parking apps for phones.
I hope he’s on one when it does.
The same thing is happening with highway funds as happened to social security.
Congress.
All at once?
You are correct. The funds for bridge repair have already been collected. The fuel tax at both state and federal levels in the states with bad bridges have been misspent
Even if we did need new bridges, the environmentalists would never allow them to be built.
priorities.
Let’s see, there are funds for abortions worldwide, guns to Mexico, $530 Million to defunct solar companies, studies of the brown marsh mouse, and to study male genital size’s relationship to passive gay role playing, but nothing for bridges unless they can raise your taxes.
It will take 6 years for the environmental impact reports to be prepared. Then Snail Darter Two or other "endangered species" will be discovered using all 153 bridges as habitat.
What's happened to our country?
A couple years ago Carl Levin was trying to get $2 million out of highway funds to save Tiger Stadium in Detroit. His justification was that a bus stop would be built in the place.
The people mover in Detroit is only taking in some 7% of its costs in rider fares, the other 93% are picked up by the taxpayers and Detroit wants to vastly expand the route to residential neighborhoods. 25% rider funding appears to be all that is required to consider public transportation a “success”.
America’s financial problems aren’t a lack of money. If anything, we “give” our government far more than they should have. Like spoiled rich children, its made them greedy and they’ve borrowed money from outside on the promise that mommy and daddy taxpayer will cover the debt.
A modern day Emporer with no clothes.
Obama is coming unglued.
He has definately jumped the shark.
He is a product of affirmative action and a person who has been able to cruise because of racial preferences. He has a thin skin and doesn’t seem well prepared to make serious compromise or to face the prospect of not getting what he wants.
And more than that - I don’t think Obama has ever had to cope with serious conflict or challenges before, and he probably has never had to deal with open ridicule and people laughing at him.
He had better get used to it.
A real press question would be: Mr Obama, these bridges didn’t just need repair overnight. Why wasn’t any of your FIRST TRILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT earmarked for these obviously known deficient structures?
It’s just total kabuki BS.
Before, or after Obama's collapse???
Kind of. They watermelon’s will wait until construction is “underway” (read the bridge is in an un-usable state), then they will launch the lawsuits. Old bridge gone, no new bridge to replace it. The American citizen screwed again!
Not too long ago he said there isn’t anyone around that does bridge building anymore it has been so long since we built a major bridge. His solution to this problem is to hire out of work home construction people to build bridges. He doesn’t seem to realize that building houses and bridges for the most part require different skills.
I am constantly astonished at his lack of knowledge of many things that you would think the average person would know. But the dims claim President Bush was an idiot...
The only bridge I’ve heard of recently that is in big trouble is the Sherman-Minton Bridge in Louisville. Back in Feb 2009, the bridge took a barge strike, and this apparently caused serious damage that is just now making itself known. The bridge has been shut down, causing severe traffic congestion, as this is the main route over the Ohio River for I-64.
LLS
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