So George Bush doesn't even want to consider raising taxes to help pay for maintaining our nation's aging infrastructure.
Now is the time, after the bridge disaster in Minnesota, where everyone has infrastructure on the mind. Tell me you haven't thought about it recently as you've crossed an old bridge, or driven through an old tunnel.
But not George. It's more important to him to keep taxes low for big business and his billionaire friends than doing what is right for the country.
George isn't thinking that our entire economy depends on our infrastructure. Imagine how high your grocery bill would be if trucks couldn't reach the store because the roads crumbled, or a bridge collapsed. I know that's an extreme example, but it's possible.
On Labor Day weekend, the Bay Bridge is going to be completely shut down for retrofitting work. That means drivers going into the city from the East Bay will have to take the San Mateo Bridge, a 30-50 mile detour depending on where you're coming from. Or, you can take BART, which thankfully will be running 24 hours a day that weekend. Or the ferries. But for drivers, it will be a taste of what life without the bridge would be like.
George is also not thinking about how that kind of infusion of public works money would send the economy soaring. Imagine all the jobs that would be created.
But George doesn't care about that because it would help the little guy. What a retard!
2 comments:
What is the budget for roads and bridges? You don't have a clue.
How is keeping a tax from increasing (it is already too high) going to help big business and his billionare friends? It won't, it will keep 5 more cents in every Americans pocket per gallon of gas.
George isn't perfect, but more taxes will not help. Feeling good about fixing bridges won't fix bridges.
You're right. I don't have a clue what the budget is for roads and bridges. And I assume you do? I do know that they're spending less today than they were 20 years ago. The infrastructure has been left to rot, with only the minimum of maintenance.
The point of my post was to say that I think our priorities are all screwed up. We'll spend billions continuing a failed war that nobody wants, that we were lied into, so that Bush's buddies can make billions. But we won't spend money on something vital like fixing our aging infrastructure. We obviously don't see eye to eye on this issue. That's ok. Debate and dissent are a cornerstone of a healthy democracy.
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