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I don't think all infrastructure spending needs to be to fix dangerous bridges. We can do things that help improve quality of life and health.
For instance, in Ireland, I visited a national park (Connemara National Park) that built a long, crushed gravel walking trail and board walk through the boglands to the top of a mountain peak with great views of the ocean. Local people thought the trail was an overpriced boondoggle, built only for visiting tourists. Well, once it was built, they locals were its biggest users. People use is daily for walks through the soggy moors, improving their health, and enjoying the scenery. Why not do things like that? We are not so poor that we cannot invest in the future, and improve our quality of life.
This thread has nothing to do with your desire to see big oil demolish our environment unchecked.
Infrastructure inprovements, we need them.
In fairness, freightshakers (I think) was proposing that oil development could help subsidize infrastructure, which is at least somewhat relevant. But no need to hijack the thread into a drill baby drill, nuke the EPA manifesto.
I don't think all infrastructure spending needs to be to fix dangerous bridges. We can do things that help improve quality of life and health.
For instance, in Ireland, I visited a national park (Connemara National Park) that built a long, crushed gravel walking trail and board walk through the boglands to the top of a mountain peak with great views of the ocean. Local people thought the trail was an overpriced boondoggle, built only for visiting tourists. Well, once it was built, they locals were its biggest users. People use is daily for walks through the soggy moors, improving their health, and enjoying the scenery. Why not do things like that? We are not so poor that we cannot invest in the future, and improve our quality of life.
That goes on all around the country already. I find it at least slightly amusing at the number of people who seem to think that unless we raise taxes and the federal government does something, that nothing will get done.
That goes on all around the country already. I find it at least slightly amusing at the number of people who seem to think that unless we raise taxes and the federal government does something, that nothing will get done.
I was not saying that. But sometimes it is a question of scale. We live in a big country. We can do big things.
LOL. Just wait until roadway access is securitized and sold on the stock market as a derivative. Don't be surprised when traders gouge and manipulate the prices for roadway access so you have to pay $20 every time you want to drive on the road.
Yawn.. maybe you should read the book I linked before commenting.
Your idea won't happen. Laws of economics would not allow it.
I dont see anyone advocating for a road where there is no demand. Your responses to other people is operating under an assumption that no one has put forward.
I see it all the time. Not necessarily just roads. Monumnets were mentioned also. And I see it on this thread.
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