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On 2025-02-22 16:26, pothead wrote:
> On 2025-02-22, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> On 2025-02-22 14:19, 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.
>>> 
>> 
>> Bottom line:
>> 
>> Trump didn't get it done.
>> 
>> Biden did.
> 
> And like everything Biden has touched in his political career, it
> has been a massive failure.
> 
> <https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/biden-to-spend-another-5b-on-
> infrastructure-after-last-multibillion-dollar-effort-only-set-up-7-
> ev-charging-stations-report/> ""Biden to spend another $5B on
> infrastructure — after last multibillion-dollar effort only set up 7
> EV charging stations in three years"" "President Biden OKed another
> $5 billion in infrastructure projects as he heads out the door —
> even after his last big-money investment went bust over EV charging
> stations.

Factually incorrect on a bunch of levels.

> 
> Biden’s Transportation Department announced the details of his final
> major infrastructure investment Friday evening, shelling out $5
> billion for 560 projects across all 50 states, Washington, DC, and
> other US territories.
> 
> The money, which is coming from the $1.2 trillion bipartisan
> infrastructure package Biden signed into law in 2021, will go toward
> rail safety and other improvements to intercity rail transit, roads,
> bridges, airports — and more EV charging depots, Semafor first
> reported.

So it's continuing to do the work that he said he'd do.

What a terrible quality in a president!