Maybe before they can't get to the stadiums (because the roads and bridges are impassable) to watch the "SHOW" they'll figure it out. I guess the real sports fanatics will just watch from their recliners while Rome burns. Oh shit they're already done that; haven't they?
Peace, Doc On Mar 27, 9:41 am, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > Infrastructure shows that government should be abolished. It is a prime > example of government failure > > During the past decades local governments had huge influxes of revenue from > property and income taxes > > In DC, a city that has only had Dewmit mayors and city councils, we have a > new convention center and sports stadium, but government water authority > pipes are all lead and recent studies show DC children have permanent brain > damage. We have many public schools with only one working restroom and > asbestos throughout, though teachers and non-teaching bureaucrats have the > highest salaries in the country. > > It is a clear example of the failure of government and of central planning > and of the absence of consumer choice and the profit motive. > > They built baseball stadiums and convention centers, raised their salaries > and expanded their bureaucracies, but did not spend money on basic > maintenance of bridges and roads, leading to many deaths > > A private bridge or road owner would take better care of their assets. They > would have to to get customers, loans, or insurance > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:45 AM, madtim3bat <[email protected]>wrote: > > > America's infrastructure is falling apart. The Republicans demands that > > we cut infrastructure is just insane. We are turning into a third world > > nation, and Republicans are complaining that we are not doing it fast > > enough. > > > We need stimulus, and we have collapsing infrastructure... Am I the only > > one who sees an opportunity in these twin disasters? > > > ================================================================= > > > US Infrastructure Is Deplored > > Engineers' appraisal fuels Senate hunt for more funding > > Published on Thursday, March 26, 2009 > > by Jon Schmitz > >http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09085/958457-147.stm > > > The nation has gone backward in the last four years from an already sorry > > performance in maintaining vital infrastructure, a national engineers group > > reported yesterday. > > > "America's infrastructure rates a cumulative grade of D," the American > > Society of Civil Engineers said, citing delayed maintenance and chronic > > underfunding of roads, bridges, transit, dams, aviation and other > > infrastructure. > > > The organization issued its comprehensive 2009 Report Card for America's > > Infrastructure yesterday as a U.S. Senate committee wrestled with ways to > > come up with more funding, including Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell's proposal > > for a federal capital budget funded by borrowing. > > > The organization said surface transportation and aviation systems have > > declined since its last report card in 2005, with aviation and public > > transit falling from D+ to D and roads from D to D-. > > > "Americans spend 4.2 billion hours a year stuck in traffic at a cost to the > > economy of $78.2 billion, or $710 per motorist," the report said. "Poor > > conditions cost motorists $67 billion a year in repairs and operating > > costs." > > > The group estimated that $2.2 trillion must be spent in the next five years > > to restore the nation's infrastructure to good condition. "Current spending > > amounts to only about half of the needed investment," it said. > > > The organization's president, D. Wayne Klotz, said spending more money on > > infrastructure "is important, but the solution will involve more than just > > money. It will take sound technology, wise community planning and involved > > citizens willing to partner with the government and private sector to make > > real change." > > > The report was cited frequently at a hearing yesterday in Washington, D.C., > > of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee attended by Mr. > > Rendell and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. While the parties > > generally agreed on the need for increased infrastructure spending, they > > disagreed on how to raise the money. > > > Mr. Rendell said current federal funding levels won't allow states to > > tackle big new transportation projects. "It's impossible to do anything but > > fixing, repairing, maintaining," he said. > > > He said the federal governments should, like state and local governments, > > adopt a capital budget with borrowing that spreads the cost of projects over > > 20 or 30 years "instead of all up front." > > > He called for creation of a national infrastructure bank that could > > leverage private investment and would choose projects for funding based on > > merit, rather than the politics-driven earmarking process now in place. > > > "I think the American people will support common-sense infrastructure > > investment," Mr. Rendell said. > > > He said he supports an increase in the federal gasoline tax, which hasn't > > been raised since 1993, but said that was only part of the solution. > > > The committee chairwoman, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said she was > > "averse" to raising the gasoline tax and cool to the idea of abandoning a > > pay-as-you-go system of funding transportation improvements. > > > With Congress set this year to fashion a new multiyear transportation > > funding bill, Mr. LaHood said "there's a very strong commitment from > > President [Barack] Obama to put everything on the table, see what ideas > > stick, what makes sense." > > > But on a federal gas tax increase, he said: "That's off the table right > > now" because of "hard economic times." > > > Ms. Boxer noted that the federal stimulus legislation provided $48 billion > > for transportation improvements, including $27.5 billion for highways, that > > she said would improve infrastructure and create jobs. > > > The bill "was a good start, but it is not enough. 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