Posted on 10/24/2014 2:32:41 PM PDT by Kaslin
"I remember reading that the interstates was an idea first suggested during WWII and that Ike was merely furthering the idea."
I believe it was done under the guise of national defense to shortcut state sovereignty and to prevent common law right-of-way applying to it.
There was a time when the feds worried about such things.
“I remember reading that the interstates was an idea first suggested during WWII and that Ike was merely furthering the idea.”
OK, OK! Am I allowed to rephrase?: I remember reading that the interstates was an idea first suggested by Ike during WWII in and for the USA and that Ike was merely furthering his idea.....which is what I actually meant initially. ;-)
BTT
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