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On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 01:07:10 -0000 (UTC)
pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

> On 2025-02-23, Mercy-a-lago <run@no.spam> wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:23:55 -0800
> > Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> > =20
> >> On 2025-02-22 15:08, -hh wrote: =20
> >> > 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=
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> >> >>>> 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,=
 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=E2=80=99s rural roads, highways and
> >> >>>> bridges.=C2=A0 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.   =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"! =20
> >
> > Yeah Obammy and Roberts really screwed the pooch for us.
> > =20
> Dumping obama care came within a single vote.
> If RINO McCain didn't vote no it would have been gone.
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Precisely!

RINO-ism is toxic to liberty.