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> 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.
by 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 agoBelieve 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.