From: Mercy-a-lago <run@no.spam>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Both Presidents Obama And Biden Said They Wanted To End Waste
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:42:30 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:10:58 -0800
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2025-02-22 17:07, pothead wrote:
> > On 2025-02-23, Mercy-a-lago <run@no.spam> wrote: =20
> >> 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-
> >>>>>>> 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-
> >>>>>>> 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
> >>>>
> >>>> "...no major infrastructure bill was passed..."
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >=20
> > =20
>=20
> He didn't get it done...
>=20
> ...despite claiming it would be "so simple!".
RINOs.