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I think the New York thingie is unfair, because there was no real infrastructure failure there. It's simply not possible to protect Manhattan at a reasonable co

I think the New York thingie is unfair, because there was no real infrastructure failure there. It's simply not possible to protect Manhattan at a reasonable cost, it's naturally exposed. It's more of a city planning issue. But I agree that the US should take some of its military budget and use it to protect its citizens by fixing its infrastructure, fixing its road safety (100 people dying every day, are you kidding me?), and getting basic health care for everyone. And you could even twist that kind of political change in "America first".

douche 10y ago
> (100 people dying every day, are you kidding me?) Out of 300+ million. 100 people dying is one car accident per state per day, effectively. That seems like a very low, very tolerable rate.
- lmm 10y ago
  It's the biggest danger to healthy adults AIUI. Maybe you think we're safe enough and shouldn't be worrying about safety at all, but to the extent that we're worrying about literally any other safety issue - food inspections, building inspections, terrorism, police shootings, gun laws - we should be worrying more about road safety.