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The basis of Democracy is infrastructure? That's news to me.
Good think I live in a Republic.
Yeah, good think...
Yes it's a good thing America is a Republic.
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The basis of Democracy is infrastructure? That's news to me.
Good think I live in a Republic.
Yeah, good think...
Democracies and republics overlap. They are not opposites. America is a representative democracy.
I did. That's what law school was for. Top of my class
what part of "the highways are one of the cornerstones of our economy" don't you understand?
Right, and they require money to keep operating, by keeping them properly maintained in paving, rest stops, truck weighing stations, and so forth.
What part of the economy is being held back because of existing highways, a lack thereof, or their condition?
None at the moment, but if you stop funding the highways, and their condition goes downhill it will effect shipping virtually all goods, and make it harder for those goods to be transported across the nation. This would in turn increase the price of these goods, and add to inflation. It's not in danger now-and I never claimed it was. The highway system is great, and I personally used it all the time over the past 5 years. But I think it's safe to say it needs the proper funding in order to keep operating at the level it is.
Hey...fuckface...I'm not saying you're wrong...we're both right.
We are a representative democracy...a specific kind.
I'll wait for you to catch up.
What part of the economy is being held back because of existing highways, a lack thereof, or their condition?
None at the moment, but if you stop funding the highways, and their condition goes downhill it will effect shipping virtually all goods, and make it harder for those goods to be transported across the nation. This would in turn increase the price of these goods, and add to inflation. It's not in danger now-and I never claimed it was. The highway system is great, and I personally used it all the time over the past 5 years. But I think it's safe to say it needs the proper funding in order to keep operating at the level it is.
I think it's safe to say $14T in debt is going to have to affect a lot of spending.
None at the moment, but if you stop funding the highways, and their condition goes downhill it will effect shipping virtually all goods, and make it harder for those goods to be transported across the nation. This would in turn increase the price of these goods, and add to inflation. It's not in danger now-and I never claimed it was. The highway system is great, and I personally used it all the time over the past 5 years. But I think it's safe to say it needs the proper funding in order to keep operating at the level it is.
I think it's safe to say $14T in debt is going to have to affect a lot of spending.
It absolutely is-I just don't think infrastructure is the place to cut it from.
I think we should start with the overcrowded jails/judicial systems where the cases are from people who've committed victimless crimes, and to severely cut back on wellfare, unemployment, government aide (but not necessarily eliminate), to get rid of government employee pensions-hey nobody gets them nowadays right?
Hey...fuckface...I'm not saying you're wrong...we're both right.
We are a representative democracy...a specific kind.
I'll wait for you to catch up.
No were are not a democracy the majority doesn't rule here, We goven by the rule of law, not the rule of man
I think it's safe to say $14T in debt is going to have to affect a lot of spending.
It absolutely is-I just don't think infrastructure is the place to cut it from.
I think we should start with the overcrowded jails/judicial systems where the cases are from people who've committed victimless crimes, and to severely cut back on wellfare, unemployment, government aide (but not necessarily eliminate), to get rid of government employee pensions-hey nobody gets them nowadays right?
Ah, turn the drug addicts loose. Should have seen that coming.
New GOP House rules threaten the basis of Democracy.
Rep. Blumenauer: New Republican Rules Threaten Infrastructure Funding [Guest Post] INFRASTRUCTURIST
The Republican are given a taste of power and the first thing they do is produce their patented draconion measures. Just about as stupid as you can get!
Almost 13 years ago, Rep. David McIntosh, R-Ind., directed $375,000 in federal funding "to improve State Road 31" in Columbus, Ind., a city at the edge of his district. The McIntosh "earmark" seemed routine at the time, like almost 2,000 other congressional pet projects that lawmakers inserted into the 1998 highway bill. But there was a problem: "There is no State Road 31 that travels through Columbus, only U.S. 31," says Will Wingfield, a spokesman for the Indiana Department of Transportation.
The error hurt all of Indiana and has wrapped the earmark in red tape to this day. The money not only remains unspent, but because Congress counts money earmarked for highway projects against a state's share of federal gas tax revenue, the amount of the earmark reduced what Indiana would have received in federal funding almost dollar for dollar.