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I find it hilarious that this article uses state government taking over road maintenance as an analogy and claim it will save money, while it's known that Calif

by yegle 9y ago

I find it hilarious that this article uses state government taking over road maintenance as an analogy and claim it will save money, while it's known that California has a bad reputation in road repair, due to funding problem. http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-road-funding-problems-20160512-snap-story.html http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-road-funding-prob...

luxuryballs 9y ago
Yeah plus what a terrible analogy. The road is shared equally by everyone for the most part, my car tools along in a single lane. However if I smoke cigarettes and get cancer or eat myself into heart disease, this still doesn't cost any more for the road. It's something that can be mostly shared in a fair way. Healthcare cannot be shared in a fair way. Plus if I don't play well with others the government will take away my license so I can't drive anymore. I don't want the government standing between me and healthcare in any sense of the term. If they are the ones in charge of a limited resource that means they are also the ones that have to say 'no' when there isn't enough to go around.
undersuit 9y ago
>“I think the missing element in this is Republican votes and identified Republican support,” said Brian Kelly, secretary of the California State Transportation Agency. >California’s reliance on gas taxes to repair its transportation network is becoming less and less tenable. Increased fuel economy standards have led to less spending on gasoline Why stop at saying it's a funding problem? (Allegedly) Obstructionist Republicans won't allow the government to react to changing conditions to update laws needed to fix the funding problem.
- DrScump 9y ago
  Republicans have no power in CA. Democrats hold the governorship and have supermajorities in both the Assembly and Senate. CA infrastructure doesn't have a funding problem. It has a spending problem.
  - undersuit 9y ago
    Hey man, I'm just repeating what the article said. If the article is wrong go after the poster. They included an article link in their argument that it was a funding problem, and the article doesn't say that.

by yegle 9y ago

luxuryballs 9y ago

Yeah plus what a terrible analogy. The road is shared equally by everyone for the most part, my car tools along in a single lane. However if I smoke cigarettes and get cancer or eat myself into heart disease, this still doesn't cost any more for the road. It's something that can be mostly shared in a fair way. Healthcare cannot be shared in a fair way. Plus if I don't play well with others the government will take away my license so I can't drive anymore. I don't want the government standing between me and healthcare in any sense of the term. If they are the ones in charge of a limited resource that means they are also the ones that have to say 'no' when there isn't enough to go around.

undersuit 9y ago

>“I think the missing element in this is Republican votes and identified Republican support,” said Brian Kelly, secretary of the California State Transportation Agency. >California’s reliance on gas taxes to repair its transportation network is becoming less and less tenable. Increased fuel economy standards have led to less spending on gasoline Why stop at saying it's a funding problem? (Allegedly) Obstructionist Republicans won't allow the government to react to changing conditions to update laws needed to fix the funding problem.

DrScump 9y ago
Republicans have no power in CA. Democrats hold the governorship and have supermajorities in both the Assembly and Senate. CA infrastructure doesn't have a funding problem. It has a spending problem.
- undersuit 9y ago
  Hey man, I'm just repeating what the article said. If the article is wrong go after the poster. They included an article link in their argument that it was a funding problem, and the article doesn't say that.