Achilles heel:
“they should have to comply with existing planning and environmental regulations.”
If planning restrictions are not bypassed (i.e. climate change focus to force people out of cars), there is nothing “customer friendly” about being in gridlock due to political restrictions on properly-planned roadways.
Correct, but misleading.
The cause of this serious problem affecting all citizens (except criminal elected, appointed criminals and "public servant" parasites, legalized theft, on a monumental scale, ongoing for a few generations, now.
The best way to see the magnitude and scope of the probem is by way of illustration. What better example than California? The sickest of the sick states, financialy as it affects working citizen taxpayers ("Public employees excluded.)
In California, the following question are never asked, much less clearly answered, sans bullshi* : 1. Why is Prop 13 attacked yearly by the legislature during the budget discussion and debates?
1a. Why are the elected criminals not permanently forced to forfeit they pay permanently for failure to do their job? No entity in the private sector has ever been paid for "pretending" to do their job.
2. Why is there not a mandatory by law, yearly report by the legislature, available on line for the citizens with a detailed (undertandable) accounting on how the vehicle taxes/fees were spent? 3. Why is there not a mandatory by law, yearly report by the legislature, available on line for the citizens with a detailed (understandable) accounting on how the vehicle fuel taxes were spent?
Is it becoming obvious why our highways, roads and streets are in miserable condition?
4. Why is there not a mandatory by law, yearly report by the legislature, available on line for the citizens with a detailed (understandable) accounting on how the revenue for the California lottery is spent?
5. Why is there not a mandatory by law, yearly report by the legislature, available on line for the citizens with a detailed (understandable) accounting on how the tobacco taxes revenue was spent?
6. And as a general statement in future bond issues or taxes that turns out to be permanent the first provision shall be No diversion of these funds to the the State general or emergency funds shall be allowed. No exceptions.
IT'S TIME TO STOP THE LICENSE TO STEAL BY ELECTED AND APPOINTED CRIMINALS!!!
Parts of I-40 near Memphis have really declined. Three months ago in nearby Jackson, TN, they had digital signs warning I-40 drivers of the huge pot holes! Crews were working on them, so maybe by now those have been fixed.
I noticed a real decline in the Memphis city streets also since just a few years ago when I visited. Sad to see. Makes you realize America’s infrastructure is truly in need of repair. People can’t take higher taxes though or tolls; paychecks are barely enough to keep up with the actual cost of living. Use some of those taxpayer funds going overseas to instead help America first.
The minimum cost of such an undertaking has been estimated at $1 trillion — and there is no existing federal or state funding source or program to carry it out, making it an ideal starting point for another federal department with a
trillion dollar budget.
Once they get their nose in the trough it’s impossible
to keep them away from it.
I re-read this article and have a new takeaway:
The author is a shill for the government push to install chips/boxes in our vehicles for tracking mileage.
If you support that, rather than under your skin I have a chip to insert up your backside (and will do so with pleasure).
Stop robbing the gas tax funds, and use them to maintain the roads, rather than laundering them back to the politicians through various scams, and everything will be fine.
democrats squandering monies specifically collected for the purpose (we should put all of THEM in a ‘lock box’ ...)
Expecting private entrepreneurs to cater to an unmeasurable and captive public is folly in the long run.
Problem is that highway trust funds are huge pools of money. Politicians steal this money for unrelated social spending projects.
Stop misappropriating funds and giving tax dollars to foreign countries we would have more than enough to care for our highways
Didn’t we make America paved again over obama? Do we get more fancy signs with more shovel ready jobs? Or does everyone endorse it as party pimps.
Want to make a real difference in American roads by saving lives instead?build the wall, every inch completed.. then let’s talk. Otherwise this is just a tax and spend union bailout just like the previous administration.
Not a word mentioned about unions nor 30$ hour for fixing potholes...
...in addition to the ‘mandatory’ police presence (overtime).
Bring back road gangs. The numbers of illegals in our prisons could fix and build a helluva lot or roads.
Free.
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