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On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:10:29 -0800
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

> On 2025-02-22 16:26, pothead wrote:
> > On 2025-02-22, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote: =20
> >> On 2025-02-22 14:19, 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
> >>>>>>>=20
> >>>>>>> Nope.
> >>>>>>>=20
> >>>>>>> Roads, bridges, rail, all worse by far.
> >>>>>>>  =20
> >>>>>>=20
> >>>>>> Wrong. =20
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> You lie simply to lie as a knee jerk.
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> https://www.constructiondive.com/news/report-more-than-a-
> >>>>> third-of-us-bridges-are-structurally-deficient-it-
> >>>>> coul/604302/
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> The U.S. has a bridge problem.
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> 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.
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> https://tripnet.org/reports/rural-connections-national-news-
> >>>>> release-09-19-2024/
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> 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.
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> An analysis of the  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.  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
> >>>>=20
> >>>> Yup.  What that's saying is that the backlog of infrastructure
> >>>> needs was even bigger than (2017 Trump's =20
> >>>=20
> >>> Because:
> >>>=20
> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> >>> Infrastructure_policy_of_Donald_Trump
> >>>=20
> >>> 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,=20
> >>> 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
> >> Bottom line:
> >>=20
> >> Trump didn't get it done.
> >>=20
> >> Biden did. =20
> >=20
> > And like everything Biden has touched in his political career, it
> > has been a massive failure.
> >=20
> > <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 =E2=80=94 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 =E2=80=94
> > even after his last big-money investment went bust over EV charging
> > stations. =20
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> Factually incorrect on a bunch of levels.
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7 charging stations =3D just 7.