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On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:23:55 -0800
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

> On 2025-02-22 15:08, -hh wrote:
> > On 2/22/25 17:19, Mercy-a-lago wrote: =20
> >> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:47:40 -0500
> >> -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
> >> =20
> >>> On 2/22/25 15:53, Mercy-a-lago wrote: =20
> >>>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:39:58 -0800
> >>>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote: =20
> >>>>> On 2025-02-22 12:30, Mercy-a-lago wrote: =20
> >>>>>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:23:49 -0500
> >>>>>> Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote: =20
> >>>>>>> Biden actually got something done for our infrastructure. =20
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Nope.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Roads, bridges, rail, all worse by far. =20
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Wrong. =20
> >>>>
> >>>> You lie simply to lie as a knee jerk.
> >>>>
> >>>> https://www.constructiondive.com/news/report-more-than-a-third-of-=20
> >>>> us-bridges-are-structurally-deficient-it-coul/604302/
> >>>>
> >>>> The U.S. has a bridge problem.
> >>>>
> >>>> The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the country=E2=80=99s
> >>>> 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-=20
> >>>> 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=E2=80=99s 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=C2=A0 Status of the Nation=E2=80=99s Highways, Br=
idges 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=E2=80=99s rural roads, highways and bridges.=C2=A0 This inclu=
des 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. =20
> >>>
> >>> Yup.=C2=A0 What that's saying is that the backlog of infrastructure
> >>> needs was even bigger than (2017 Trump's =20
> >>
> >> 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.=20
> >=20
> > "...no major infrastructure bill was passed..."
> >=20
> > Despite GOP majorities in the House, Senate & White House. =20
> And that health care plan that was going to be "so simple"!

Yeah Obammy and Roberts really screwed the pooch for us.