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Murphy224 said, 8 months ago
FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!!!
Respectful Troll said, 8 months ago
We have hundreds of bridges in disrepair, some even rated as dangerous. Our electricity grid is outdated and vulnerable to physical and cyber attacks. Our schools are producing students unprepared for the jobs we need them to do and so overweight and out of shape physically as to make over 300 US military officers express concern for our ability to have a military ready populace. The list goes on, but the gist of the problem is this, if we don’t invest dollars into our country and people, we will cease to be the most powerful nation on the planet. We may remain the most dangerous, but we won’t have the moral or financial authority to lead as we used to.
Respectfully,
C.
Rockngolfer said, 8 months ago
Rick Scott turned down over $2 billion federal money for light rail.
Then he disagrees with Obamacare so he turned down that federal money.
Then Hurricane Issac did some damage and Rick Scott asked the federal government for $36 million aid.
He was turned down so now he is blaming Obama for the hurricane,
That is the depth to which the Republicans and the country have sunk.
narrowminded said, 8 months ago
All the things you stated are a result of Progressive policies enacted over the last 70+ years.
Harleyquinn
said, 8 months ago
There is tat 3 letter word again….
Bruce4671 said, 8 months ago
@Respectful Troll
Think about this: In March 2009 there was an article in CNN on the stimulus and infrastructure repairs. Here is a quote from that article.
Obama and LaHood on Tuesday announced the release of $27 billion in funds from the stimulus package “to help states create a 21st-century infrastructure.”
The president said it is part of the “largest new investment in America’s infrastructure since President Eisenhower built the Interstate Highway System.”
Obama said another 200 construction projects would be launched over the next few weeks, “fueling growth in an industry that’s been hard hit by our economic crisis.”
Two weeks ago, Obama signed into law his stimulus plan, known as the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
The president has said the plan will create or save up to 3.5 million jobs over the next two years. Four-hundred thousand of those will be infrastructure jobs that include rebuilding roads, bridges and schools.
So since the first stimulus was supposed to do what you say needs doing, what was all that money spent on and why do we have to do what Obama said he was going to do in 2009 AGAIN?
Archimedes said, 8 months ago
@Rockngolfer
No, this makes perfect sense. He does not want money for things the the federal government should not be part of, but he does for things they should be. Light Rail is none of the federal government’s business, and neither is national health care. But emergency services are. QED
MortyForTyrant said, 8 months ago
@Respectful Troll
I agree with most of your post but your “moral authority” can not begin to rise again until your concentration camp on Cuba is closed. And then quite a lot of people should face charges (John Yoo, GWB, Dick Cheney and everybody who filled a bucket with water for other purposes then to mop the floor). And the constant chatter on the right about nuking Mecca and killing everybody who doesn’t have the stars-and-stripes tattooed to the forehead also has to stop. A lot to do…
Bruce4671 said, 8 months ago
@Rockngolfer
Rocky, the Feds come in and “give” you money for light rail. Then you must find existing track or buy land to build your own. If you build your own then you have to hire and train maintenance people. Public safety standards have to be met and maintained. Equipment must be purchased and maintained. The list is long and it is NOT cheap. 2 billion is not enough.
So you have to allocate funds from somewhere or institute a tax to build it. Once it is built ridership becomes a problem. What you mean tourists are going to flock to the light rail system to ride between Disney World and Busch Gardens ? Yeah, right.
Scott is a business man and understood that the project would be a cash vortex sucking the budget dry. WE have other things to do like the billion he put into education.
DrCanuck said, 8 months ago
Almost time for America to repeal the First Amendment and to shut up the ignorant and stupid before they COMPLETELY destroy your country.
Bruce4671 said, 8 months ago
@Mr. King
Yeah, I can see it as I travel around as well. Now your comment made me go look so I plugged the question in"where does funding for road repairs come from" into my search engine. Every article from on this stated something similar to this.
“• Current funding for road construction, maintenance and operations comes from fuel taxes. Today, due to inflation, these fuel taxes cover approximately half of the road construction, maintenance and operations costs per gallon that they funded when last raised in 1992.”
As I understand it, the gas tax collected by the feds goes into a fund and is then divided up in the states for this purpose. So THAT is why you see constant work going on during your commute. NOT the application of stimulus funds. However I did read one article that said the funds from the stimulus paid for all the signs saying that the construction going on was because of the stimulus and not much else. I believe it. Signage is expensive.
What do you think?
Bruce4671 said, 8 months ago
@Mr. King
Oh yeah and here is some light reading for you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Trust_Fund
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/where_does_road_and_bridge_fun.html
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/planning/program/stipfunding.html
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/98may/finance.cfm
Yes, stimulus was used for this but it is only a part of the funding.
hippogriff said, 8 months ago
C Downs: But doing anything would violate the edicts of Ryan’s goddess, and therefore all Republicans (and a few Democrats) must oppose such action. Mammon is the US established religion.
Tigger
said, 8 months ago
@Murphy224
With 4 more years of Obama we will become a 5th World Nation
Tigger
said, 8 months ago
@Bruce4671
Didn’t work