America’s infrastructure is crumbling

[guno]

More results of a do nothing congress



Congress refuses to do anything about it. Because of this, Americans are suffering by traveling on unsafe bridges, roads, and railways.

How Many People Need To Die Before Infrastructure Is Fixed

In addition, America's Electrical infrastructure is on its last leg, reliability is way down , America relies on an aging electrical grid and pipeline distribution systems, some of which originated in the 1880s

This is why we need investment in science and technology, unfortunately we have and anti science congress which is more interested in magical thinking instead of rebuilding this country.


ASCE 2013 Report Card for America s Infrastructure

 

[DarkFury]

More results of a do nothing congress



Congress refuses to do anything about it. Because of this, Americans are suffering by traveling on unsafe bridges, roads, and railways.

How Many People Need To Die Before Infrastructure Is Fixed

In addition, America's Electrical infrastructure is on its last leg, reliability is way down , America relies on an aging electrical grid and pipeline distribution systems, some of which originated in the 1880s

This is why we need investment in science and technology, unfortunately we have and anti science congress which is more interested in magical thinking instead of rebuilding this country.


ASCE 2013 Report Card for America s Infrastructure

The democrat cities are failing because of the way they failed the citizens of that city. One should EXPECT failure when a democrat is in charge.

 

[S.J.]

Where's the money going to come from? Oh, that's right, the printing presses.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

More results of a do nothing congress



Congress refuses to do anything about it. Because of this, Americans are suffering by traveling on unsafe bridges, roads, and railways.

How Many People Need To Die Before Infrastructure Is Fixed

In addition, America's Electrical infrastructure is on its last leg, reliability is way down , America relies on an aging electrical grid and pipeline distribution systems, some of which originated in the 1880s

This is why we need investment in science and technology, unfortunately we have and anti science congress which is more interested in magical thinking instead of rebuilding this country.


ASCE 2013 Report Card for America s Infrastructure

Let's cut Federal spending back to 2007 levels and then spend 30% of the cut on infrastructure.

Can I count on your support?

 

[The Irish Ram]

You can count on mine, but it is Obama you need to get on board. Tell him to quit stealing the money for Obamacare and stop throwing it at his Muslim buddies worldwide, and let's concentrate on this country for a change..

 

[waltky]

Infrastructure high on Trump agenda...

Pence promises big investment in infrastructure
January 17, 2017 — Vice President-elect Mike Pence pledged to a group of mayors that the Trump administration will make a serious investment in infrastructure, and he told diplomats that Trump and his incoming team share "a commitment to engage with all of the world."

Speaking Tuesday to a meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, Pence said President-elect Donald Trump told him to pass on that "we're going to do an infrastructure bill, and it's going to be big." Trump, who consistently lamented the state of American bridges, roads and airports while campaigning, has promised to invest $1 trillion in transportation and infrastructure spending, though he has provided few details. Pence also said the new administration will work with cities as partners. He looked ahead to Friday's inauguration, saying it will mark "the dawn of a new era for our country, it's an era of growth and opportunity and renewed greatness for America."

Trump also made his first trip to Washington in weeks on Tuesday, as his inauguration festivities approach. Trump flew in for a black-tie dinner honoring Tom Barrack, his longtime friend and head of the Inauguration Committee. The Chairman's Global Dinner drew nearly 150 diplomats and ambassadors, well-heeled donors, soon-to-be White House staffers and Cabinet picks. "We have great respect for your countries. We have great respect for our world," Trump told the group after he was introduced by Pence, who assured that the future president was willing to engage with the world, despite his "America First" mantra. "I'm not sure that the national media here in America completely understands the president-elect. I can assure you that the world will," Pence said, adding that Trump "will be a president who puts America first, but we will work every day with nations around the world to advance the peace and prosperity of our allies and our friends across the world."

The president-elect is expected to return to New York after the dinner. He'll make his final trip to Washington on Thursday to attend a concert at the Lincoln Memorial and stay, as is custom for incoming presidents, at Blair House, the presidential guest quarters, the night before he's sworn in. In New York on Tuesday, Trump met with Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Trump has criticized the cost of Boeing's Air Force One program. "We made some great progress to refine requirements for Air Force One, to streamline the process, to streamline certain features, all of that will lead to a better airplane at a lower cost," Muilenberg said after the meeting. He said Trump "is doing a good job as an agent of business" and added that more conversations would be forthcoming. He did not set a timeline on settling on a final price tag.

Trump's comments on Twitter and to news organizations threatened to overshadow the pomp and circumstance of Friday's inauguration. On Tuesday, the president-elect continued his attacks on Rep. John Lewis, whom he berated Saturday for challenging his legitimacy to be the next president. Trump said that the veteran African-American congressman from Georgia had wrongly claimed that it would be the first inauguration he's missed since 1987. "WRONG (or lie!)" Trump tweeted. "He boycotted Bush 43 also because he 'thought it would be hypocritical to attend Bush's swearing-in....he doesn't believe Bush is the true elected president.' Sound familiar!" Lewis' office on Tuesday confirmed that the civil rights icon had missed George W. Bush's 2001 swearing-in, saying it was also a form of dissent.

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[HaShev]

Time to do these projects is now, with lower commodity prices=cheeper steel
Desperate labor force=cheaper competitive labor.
LOWER INTEREST ON THE Local & STATE SPONSORED PROJECT BONDS to finance the projects.
Rising revenue from rising home values-property taxes.

But I would seriously work on the outdated electric grid and better securing it, which means allowing some of the companies nore freedom to raise prices or get assistance.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Infrastructure to a conservative is a boondoogle. Stupid fuckers want to live in the dark ages.

 

[Old Rocks]

Time to do these projects is now, with lower commodity prices=cheeper steel
Desperate labor force=cheaper competitive labor.
LOWER INTEREST ON THE Local & STATE SPONSORED PROJECT BONDS to finance the projects.
Rising revenue from rising home values-property taxes.

But I would seriously work on the outdated electric grid and better securing it, which means allowing some of the companies nore freedom to raise prices or get assistance.

Absolutely correct. We need to convert from a point source grid to a distributed grid. One that can pick up 2 kw from a homeowner, and 2 gw from a nuke plant. The new technology, now cost effective, and prices coming down every day, of grid scale batteries would make that grid far more robust and stable than todays grid.

 

[Old Rocks]

Infrastructure high on Trump agenda...

Pence promises big investment in infrastructure
January 17, 2017 — Vice President-elect Mike Pence pledged to a group of mayors that the Trump administration will make a serious investment in infrastructure, and he told diplomats that Trump and his incoming team share "a commitment to engage with all of the world."

Speaking Tuesday to a meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, Pence said President-elect Donald Trump told him to pass on that "we're going to do an infrastructure bill, and it's going to be big." Trump, who consistently lamented the state of American bridges, roads and airports while campaigning, has promised to invest $1 trillion in transportation and infrastructure spending, though he has provided few details. Pence also said the new administration will work with cities as partners. He looked ahead to Friday's inauguration, saying it will mark "the dawn of a new era for our country, it's an era of growth and opportunity and renewed greatness for America."

Trump also made his first trip to Washington in weeks on Tuesday, as his inauguration festivities approach. Trump flew in for a black-tie dinner honoring Tom Barrack, his longtime friend and head of the Inauguration Committee. The Chairman's Global Dinner drew nearly 150 diplomats and ambassadors, well-heeled donors, soon-to-be White House staffers and Cabinet picks. "We have great respect for your countries. We have great respect for our world," Trump told the group after he was introduced by Pence, who assured that the future president was willing to engage with the world, despite his "America First" mantra. "I'm not sure that the national media here in America completely understands the president-elect. I can assure you that the world will," Pence said, adding that Trump "will be a president who puts America first, but we will work every day with nations around the world to advance the peace and prosperity of our allies and our friends across the world."

The president-elect is expected to return to New York after the dinner. He'll make his final trip to Washington on Thursday to attend a concert at the Lincoln Memorial and stay, as is custom for incoming presidents, at Blair House, the presidential guest quarters, the night before he's sworn in. In New York on Tuesday, Trump met with Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Trump has criticized the cost of Boeing's Air Force One program. "We made some great progress to refine requirements for Air Force One, to streamline the process, to streamline certain features, all of that will lead to a better airplane at a lower cost," Muilenberg said after the meeting. He said Trump "is doing a good job as an agent of business" and added that more conversations would be forthcoming. He did not set a timeline on settling on a final price tag.

Trump's comments on Twitter and to news organizations threatened to overshadow the pomp and circumstance of Friday's inauguration. On Tuesday, the president-elect continued his attacks on Rep. John Lewis, whom he berated Saturday for challenging his legitimacy to be the next president. Trump said that the veteran African-American congressman from Georgia had wrongly claimed that it would be the first inauguration he's missed since 1987. "WRONG (or lie!)" Trump tweeted. "He boycotted Bush 43 also because he 'thought it would be hypocritical to attend Bush's swearing-in....he doesn't believe Bush is the true elected president.' Sound familiar!" Lewis' office on Tuesday confirmed that the civil rights icon had missed George W. Bush's 2001 swearing-in, saying it was also a form of dissent.

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Well, I hope he is correct. As much as I doubt that the orange clown will do any of us any good, I would very much like to be wrong.

 

[DavidMama]

The American Society of Civil Engineers most recently gave America a D+ rating in terms of infrastructure, citing dilapidated roadways, insufficient waterways and "a pressing need for modernization." The group estimates $3.6 trillion would need to be invested into U.S. infrastructure by 2020 just to raise the country's support systems to acceptable levels.

But while Republicans and Democrats agree that something should be done, there's little consensus on where funding should come from and which projects should receive priority. Robert Puentes, director of the Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative at the Brookings Institution, says policy discussions are complicated by the fact that infrastructure is such a broad subject to tackle, and that some facets probably shouldn't be discussed at the federal level at all.

 

[Skull Pilot]

More results of a do nothing congress



Congress refuses to do anything about it. Because of this, Americans are suffering by traveling on unsafe bridges, roads, and railways.

How Many People Need To Die Before Infrastructure Is Fixed

In addition, America's Electrical infrastructure is on its last leg, reliability is way down , America relies on an aging electrical grid and pipeline distribution systems, some of which originated in the 1880s

This is why we need investment in science and technology, unfortunately we have and anti science congress which is more interested in magical thinking instead of rebuilding this country.


ASCE 2013 Report Card for America s Infrastructure

Let's cut Federal spending back to 2007 levels and then spend 30% of the cut on infrastructure.

Can I count on your support?

Tell me how much of our tax money is supposedly earmarked for roads?

The reason we don't have enough money to maintain roads is that the federal highway trust has been raided and every state also misuses its gas tax revenue and your answer to the problem is giving more money to the idiots who fucked it all up in the first place?

 

[Manonthestreet]

Iiar Obama infrastructured us into 20 billionth century......Job jobs jobs

 

[hadit]

More results of a do nothing congress



Congress refuses to do anything about it. Because of this, Americans are suffering by traveling on unsafe bridges, roads, and railways.

How Many People Need To Die Before Infrastructure Is Fixed

In addition, America's Electrical infrastructure is on its last leg, reliability is way down , America relies on an aging electrical grid and pipeline distribution systems, some of which originated in the 1880s

This is why we need investment in science and technology, unfortunately we have and anti science congress which is more interested in magical thinking instead of rebuilding this country.


ASCE 2013 Report Card for America s Infrastructure

That is impossible. Obama promised us that there were thousands of shovel ready jobs that would take care of the infrastructure if we would just allow him to spend hundreds of billions of dollars. We allowed him to do so, therefore there are no more infrastructure problems. You wouldn't want us to think Obama was lying, would you?

 

[HaShev]

The ancient archaic age concept of keeping your kingdom -community continually building through projects, & temples, churches, etc was in order to keep people busy working, money flowing which always found it's way back to gov't by way of taxes and their theft. Perhaps this is the mystery of the many construction guilds.
So when the avg person see's building the wall, they only see the purpose of securing the borders and never see the deeper purpose of these projects that involve stimulation by direct and indirect jobs, manufacturing, commodity extraction businesses and suppliers, laborers, shipping and transport, engineering, technical & managerial services, etc.
Furthermore that boost only stimulates money flow from the extra flow of cash comes more spending trickling down to goods and services in their lives including the cash made by investors of these beneficiaries. All of which pay taxes thus revenues for the Gov't expand as well as the money always makes it back to the Gov't.
Therefore spending on THE RIGHT PROJECTS IN THE RIGHT MANNER is part of a system of stimulating sluggish flows of spending and is regulated in order to keep inflation at bay or to keep from a overly depressed economy. With the majority baby boomers near retirement age the gov't is gonna want the flow moving for many reasons, 1 being they will need higher savings rates and 2 being the gov't is gonna need to offset the parity between boomers retiring and the lesser populated back pack hoodie wearing play doh babies.