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And just think today we can't even get Congress to fund repair crumbling infrastructure - why do today what you can wait for a national crisis tomorrow?

• Shivetya 11y ago
  while the numbers are large when measured in percentages it isn't that bad. Most of the deficient bridges are locally owned, this means at levels lower than state level. No one also ever seems to mention that at is peak in the 90s there were nearly 150,000 bridges found to be deficient and that number is down to near 60,000. In other words, the Federal government isn't responsible for most of what is out there and many state and local governments refuse to fully fund their own obligations.
  • randallsquared 11y ago
    > No one also ever seems to mention that at is peak in the 90s there were nearly 150,000 bridges found to be deficient and that number is down to near 60,000. Wow. No kidding that "no one also ever seems to mention"! That puts things in perspective a bit, doesn't it?
    • twoodfin 11y ago
      Believe you me, "crumbling infrastructure" has been a constant talking point of those who want greater federal spending for decades. Not to say it's all crying wolf, but if it had been true the whole time it was being complained about, by now things would be more obviously crumbled. State governments in particular love federal infrastructure spending, since it is more or less a direct cash transfer to a) their own budgets, where local infrastructure spending can crowd out other priorities and b) the politically potent building and construction trades.