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On 2025-02-22 15:08, -hh wrote:
> On 2/22/25 17:19, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:47:40 -0500
>> -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/22/25 15:53, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:39:58 -0800
>>>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-02-22 12:30, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:23:49 -0500
>>>>>> Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>>>>>>> Biden actually got something done for our infrastructure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nope.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Roads, bridges, rail, all worse by far.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wrong.
>>>>
>>>> You lie simply to lie as a knee jerk.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.constructiondive.com/news/report-more-than-a-third-of- 
>>>> us-bridges-are-structurally-deficient-it-coul/604302/
>>>>
>>>> The U.S. has a bridge problem.
>>>>
>>>> The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the country’s overall
>>>> infrastructure a C- grade in its 2021 report card, and the American
>>>> Road and Transportation Builders Association estimates that 171.5
>>>> million vehicles cross over 45,000 structurally deficient U.S.
>>>> bridges every day.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://tripnet.org/reports/rural-connections-national-news- 
>>>> release-09-19-2024/
>>>>
>>>> U.S. RURAL ROADS & BRIDGES HAVE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES & HIGH
>>>> FATALITY RATES; BACKLOG OF NEEDED REPAIRS & IMPROVEMENTS TO U.S.
>>>> RURAL ROADS & BRIDGES TOTALS $198 BILLION Eds: TRIP’s report and
>>>> appendices include data for all 50 states for the percentage of
>>>> rural roads in poor condition, the percent of deficient rural
>>>> bridges, rural traffic fatality rates and the number of rural
>>>> traffic fatalities.
>>>>
>>>> An analysis of the  Status of the Nation’s Highways, Bridges and
>>>> Transit Conditions and Performance Report, 25th Edition report,
>>>> submitted by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)
>>>> to Congress in 2024, indicates that the U.S. faces a $198 billion
>>>> backlog in needed repairs and improvements to the nation’s rural
>>>> roads, highways and bridges.  This includes a $97 billion backlog
>>>> for rural road and highway rehabilitation, a $53 billion backlog
>>>> for needed rural bridge rehabilitation, and a $48 billion backlog
>>>> for needed rural roadway expansions and enhancements.
>>>
>>> Yup.  What that's saying is that the backlog of infrastructure needs
>>> was even bigger than (2017 Trump's
>>
>> Because:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure_policy_of_Donald_Trump
>>
>> During his first run for the presidency, Trump touted a potential major
>> infrastructure initiative. Although both sides of the political aisle
>> recognized the need to upgrade American infrastructure, no major
>> infrastructure bill was passed due to disagreements over the details of
>> such a spending package, namely, what to spend on, how much to spend,
>> and how to pay for it. In general, the aim of the Trump administration
>> was to revitalize the national economy and enhance national security,
>> despite the tendency of the Republican Party to oppose large federal
>> expenditures and tax hikes. Members of the Democratic Party typically
>> favored investing in renewable energy and new infrastructure that could
>> begin to combat climate change.
>>
> 
> "...no major infrastructure bill was passed..."
> 
> Despite GOP majorities in the House, Senate & White House.
And that health care plan that was going to be "so simple"!