Our crumbling infrastructure

[Truthmatters]

Experts: U.S. water infrastructure in trouble - CNN.com


Total cost to fix U.S. water systems: $334.8 billion over 20 years

Yearly U.S. water main breaks: 240,000

Sources: American Society of Civil Engineers, EPA Much of this is blamed on age. A large part of the U.S. water delivery system dates back to the years shortly after World War II. "Now it's time to replace that system and we've got to make those investments or we'll suffer the consequences," said Goldstein.

To get an idea of how old the nation's water pipes are, 30% of pipes in systems that deliver water to more than 100,000 people are between 40 and 80 years old, according to the EPA. About 10% of pipes in those systems are older.

 

[WillowTree]

he was supposed to fix our crumbling infrastructure with his first stimulus. he didn't get over it.

 

[VaYank5150]

Don't these tasks fall to the states that the facilities reside in?

 

[G.T.]

Sounds like we need a serious upgrade. I know mains break all of the time where I'm at.

 

[G.T.]

Don't these tasks fall to the states that the facilities reside in?

I would think so.

 

[G.T.]

he was supposed to fix our crumbling infrastructure with his first stimulus. he didn't get over it.

Oh look, a smug comment. How...different

 

[Mr Natural]

he was supposed to fix our crumbling infrastructure with his first stimulus. he didn't get over it.

Oh look, a smug comment. How...different

And she wonders why people say nasty things about her

 

[VaYank5150]

Don't these tasks fall to the states that the facilities reside in?

I would think so.

From what I have seen recently, our states can't even afford to pay their employees. How will they pay for infrastructure repair?

 

[VaYank5150]

he was supposed to fix our crumbling infrastructure with his first stimulus. he didn't get over it.

Oh look, a smug comment. How...different

And she wonders why people say nasty things about her

She doesn't wonder. Nor does she care...

 

[Mr Natural]

What a fucking mess we've gotten ourselves into.

 

[blastoff]

How come Barry and Biden never said anything about backhoe-ready jobs?

 

[G.T.]

Don't these tasks fall to the states that the facilities reside in?

I would think so.

From what I have seen recently, our states can't even afford to pay their employees. How will they pay for infrastructure repair?

I think that their employees and their jobs should be evaluated for efficiency; however, projects like these I think end of saving money.

 

[Oddball]

How can da infrastructure be crumblin', when we got gubmint takin' care of it?

 

[Truthmatters]

Lets remember the republicans insisted that a certain amount of the stimulus was tax cuts instead of infrastructure funds.

Lets also remember the republicans did NOTHING about therse matters while in office and called some of these projects PORK.

Can we bypass some tax cuts and all chip in like good Americans and FIX our country?

 

[WillowTree]

he was supposed to fix our crumbling infrastructure with his first stimulus. he didn't get over it.

Oh look, a smug comment. How...different

A true comment. That is typical.

 

[Oddball]

"Tax cuts for the rich" in

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[boedicca]

We sure got a lot for that $800B Stimulus bill!

Just think, for less than half that amount we could have fixed our crumbling infrastructure, but all we got was a bunch of debt and some Organizing For America t-shirts.

 

[WillowTree]

Lets remember the republicans insisted that a certain amount of the stimulus was tax cuts instead of infrastructure funds.

Lets also remember the republicans did NOTHING about therse matters while in office and called some of these projects PORK.

Can we bypass some tax cuts and all chip in like good Americans and FIX our country?

Let's remember that a large portion of that money remains unspent. perhaps you could petition his ass to fix the infrastructure as he said he was going to do.. possible'?

 

[Truthmatters]

How do you know this money is not slated for such things?

 

[WillowTree]

he was supposed to fix our crumbling infrastructure with his first stimulus. he didn't get over it.

Oh look, a smug comment. How...different

And she wonders why people say nasty things about her

So you are now on record as being okay with A biker sailor's vile rhetoric. got it.