The American Society of Civil Engineers Give U.S. Infrastructure a 'D'

[Polk]

Wow, Engineers who make a living off of building infrastructure say we need more infrastructure!

Didn't see THAT coming!

Absolutely. What do those jerks know? Next thing you know, doctors will be trying tell us which medicines work.

 

[rdean]

Wow, Engineers who make a living off of building infrastructure say we need more infrastructure!

Didn't see THAT coming!

Absolutely. What do those jerks know? Next thing you know, doctors will be trying tell us which medicines work.

Michelle Bachmann said vaccines cause autism.

 

[Old Rocks]

At some point, the infrastructure will fail to the point that it is a major problem for big business. Then you will see a proposal for taxes that fall only on the middle class and working poor for the repair.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Wow, Engineers who make a living off of building infrastructure say we need more infrastructure!

Didn't see THAT coming!

Freeways in California are pretty bad.....lots of potholes.....if the basterds cant at least plug potholes....what the fuck good are they?....

 

[Borillar]

We're busting out with an A+ in food stamps. Didn't O promise us some shovel ready infrastructure? Where's that at?

It is probably languishing along with myriad other bills under repug filibusters. Repugs get what they want - tax cuts til the bridges fall down.

 

[Harry Dresden]

We're busting out with an A+ in food stamps. Didn't O promise us some shovel ready infrastructure? Where's that at?

The Republicans Just Said No to the American Jobs Act.

I know. They don't even know what it is. Bridges are falling. The roads full of potholes. Our electrical grid is antiquated, water mains are bursting and the Republicans on this site, very representative of Republican nationwide insist we don't have the money (yet they spent three trillion for Iraq) and deny they want to country to fail so they can blame Obama. Just because the Republican base believes utter nonsense, doesn't mean the rest of the country does. Not everyone believes "education is for snobs".

http://dallasmobility.org/Newsroom/... deliver transportation proposal to House.pdf

Their symbolic mission was intended as a show of good faith in a Congress where trust has been in short supply. But it underscored the growing desperation of some legislators and construction industry leaders, who have predicted disastrous consequences if funding issues are not resolved before a June 30 deadline.
“The unemployment situation is bad, and it’s only going to get worse if we don’t get this straightened out,” said Jack Basso of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. “The construction industry is at 14.2percent, and the actual job numbers are going down.”

Nobody pretends that the Senate bill in conference provides the long-term answer. It cobbles together money from a variety of sources — draining a couple of funding wells that can’t be revisited — for a two-year bill. In the past, long-term transportation bills covered five or six years.
Everyone says that the two-year bill buys time for the fractious Congress to find a better funding solution, but there’s little evidence that it will be able to achieve in the next 18 months what it hasn’t done since 2009.

hey Dean you forgot about your buddies out here.....why no comment?....is what they are doing different?.....roads are falling apart but fuck it.....lets build a nice fast Train that only a few want.....oh thats right.....you would have to Criticize Democrats.....im sorry i know your not allowed.....so then give me a sign that you understand.....i wont tell.....

 

[paulitician]

Wow, Engineers who make a living off of building infrastructure say we need more infrastructure!

Didn't see THAT coming!

Go figure?

 

[Darkwind]

Spent a trillion dollars just a few years ago. Maybe if they didn't pay off their buddies for votes, some of that infrastructure would have been looked to.

 

[Darkwind]

Had two complete years of domination of government. Why is it we haven't done anything about this?

 

[Darkwind]

I know, just stick out the old tin cup when your next in Beijing...I'm sure they'll let us have some more to repair some shit.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Wow, Engineers who make a living off of building infrastructure say we need more infrastructure!

Didn't see THAT coming!

Absolutely. What do those jerks know? Next thing you know, doctors will be trying tell us which medicines work.

Michelle Bachmann said vaccines cause autism.

wait!.....dont you mean Republicans?....im sure thats what every fucking one of them are thinking ....right?.....one person says something....you know.....your usual shit....

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Wow, Engineers who make a living off of building infrastructure say we need more infrastructure!

Didn't see THAT coming!

Absolutely. What do those jerks know? Next thing you know, doctors will be trying tell us which medicines work.

Michelle Bachmann said vaccines cause autism.

Is that what happened to you? Or did the Dr just slap the wrong end when you were born? Either way it was a sad tragedy.

 

[KissMy]

I bet we'd have a fucking awesome infrastructure if we weren't busy funding a global military....

That & paying people unemployment & welfare.

We need to cut all the public employee unions pay in half. Cut all welfare & unemployment. Take that money & hire all the unemployed to rebuild the infrastructure.

 

[rdean]

Had two complete years of domination of government. Why is it we haven't done anything about this?

I know Republicans had six, but I don't know who had two.

 

[rdean]

We're busting out with an A+ in food stamps. Didn't O promise us some shovel ready infrastructure? Where's that at?

It is probably languishing along with myriad other bills under repug filibusters. Repugs get what they want - tax cuts til the bridges fall down.

True. And not a peep about the trillions spent in Iraq to rebuild that country. At this point, I suspect many Republicans now believe it was Obama who invaded Iraq.

 

[KissMy]

Spent a trillion dollars just a few years ago. Maybe if they didn't pay off their buddies for votes, some of that infrastructure would have been looked to.

Exactly - These criminals have already proven that they can't be trusted with the money to rebuild the infrastructure. We want jobs, not welfare.

 

[rdean]

Spent a trillion dollars just a few years ago. Maybe if they didn't pay off their buddies for votes, some of that infrastructure would have been looked to.

Exactly - These criminals have already proven that they can't be trusted with the money to rebuild the infrastructure. We want jobs, not welfare.

And yet, somehow, the nation's highway system was built. Railroads and the words biggest military. And none of it "welfare". All of it "jobs". Part of what made us "rich".

 

[KissMy]

Spent a trillion dollars just a few years ago. Maybe if they didn't pay off their buddies for votes, some of that infrastructure would have been looked to.

Exactly - These criminals have already proven that they can't be trusted with the money to rebuild the infrastructure. We want jobs, not welfare.

And yet, somehow, the nation's highway system was built. Railroads and the words biggest military. And none of it "welfare". All of it "jobs". Part of what made us "rich".

There was no national rail or highway system built with the $878 billion stimulus in 2009 - 2012

 

[RoadVirus]

The American Society of Civil Engineers Give U.S. Infrastructure a 'D'

But...but...but...Lord Obama said the $800 billion stimulus was suppose to fix that!

He...he...LIED?!

 

[Samson]

ASCE, the guys who make money being hired to fill pot holes, gave the US infrastructure a "D?"



Shocking.

What The Fuck have they been doing with all that stimulous money during the past the past 4 years?