54,000 bridges are structurally deficient in the USA....BUT... (military, cost, terrorists)

[ohioaninsc]

Originally Posted by jojajn

Your solution is to privatize our infrastructure?

Completely terrible idea

[Wapasha]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

...there’s always money for Afghanistan, operations in Iraq and Syria, aid for Israel and Egypt (and a host of other nations), stationing of troops all over the world, etc

But hey...let’s let the bridges rot!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmc...fographic/amp/

Asks state governments why they waste money on all kinds of other feel good things, and don't prioritize repairing of bridges.

Ask our federal courts why they are forcing us to pay to send illegal aliens thru our K-12 schools.

If we know a bridge is past it's life time, and want to build a new one. Ask our over regulated government why it takes ten to fifteen years to finally getting around to start building a new bridge to replace the one that is falling apart.

[texan2yankee]

Originally Posted by ohioaninsc

Turn about is fair play...that's exactly how the GOP treated Obama...and it worked for them....it will work for the Dems.

are you saying you think obstruction by republican politicians in the house and senate in washington during the Obama administration was the reason democrats lost 1000 federal and state political seats to republicans his last 6 years in office?

if so, that is an interesting take on the reason for those democrat political losses.

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by jojajn

How about these statistics then:


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...dges/97890324/

So?

Bottom line is that States and counties need to fix their own bridges and stop feeding at the trough for federal tax dollars.

[Moth]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

I could just easy point out all the liberal programs that cost us BILLIONS.

Are you for cutting them?

I am for sane fiscal policy, in theory at least.

What does that have to do with the OP which could be summarized as "If not for A, then we could have B."

[LS Jaun]

Originally Posted by hbdwihdh378y9

It's not either-or. I'm opposed to wasteful military spending as well as freebies for illegals Alien immigrants.

Absolutely^. I work in the defense industry and I agree 100%. We could easily strip our military budget by pulling out these never ending incursions.

[dozerbear]

That $150 billion that Obama gave to the Iranians sure would come in handy right about now.

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by dozerbear

That $150 billion that Obama gave to the Iranians sure would come in handy right about now.

So would all the money Bush spent in Iraq.

[Moth]

Originally Posted by jambo101

So would all the money Bush spent in Iraq.

Well you are probably right, in the abstract at least.

But as I pointed out, nobody- NOBODY- stood up and said, "Hey, we could spend this on crumbling bridges instead of Iraq."

Nobody.

The case for Iraq was made and the majority went along with it. It was not an either/or.

Straw man argument.

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by dozerbear

That $150 billion that Obama gave to the Iranians sure would come in handy right about now.

Do you mean the $150 billion that was Iran's to begin with and Obama followed the rule of law and returned it to them? Keeping it would have meant stealing it from them.