Posted on 01/19/2018 12:35:00 PM PST by davikkm
Ryan McMaken wrote an insightful piece in the libertarian-heavy Mises Wire on Monday about how the one-size-fits-all solution to infrastructure is flawed. Essentially, we don’t need a federal solution to our many infrastructure woes.
With recent tragedies such as the Amtrak train crash in Washington State in December, politicians are declaring that these instances are why we need to spend even more on our roads and bridges and train tracks. President Trump already has. He tweeted out recently, “The train accident that just occurred in DuPont, WA shows more than ever why our soon to be submitted infrastructure plan must be approved quickly…” Our nation is not in disrepair and we do spend very much on infrastructure already. The Washington State track was part of a $180 million expansion of the train system.
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The REAL solution is to deport all illegals and expired visa holders as they’re putting extra stress on our infrastructure.
A mob of our grandchildren are coming over tomorrow for a sledding party.
If the rats don’t cave on this and continue to blame republicans and the President, any infrastructure funding will go to red states. Explain that to your unions supporters.
Oops. Wrong thread. Sorry.
Will oil&gas facilities be considered part of the infrastructure?
They should be.
Materials used for road building, such as asphalt will have to be supplied by refineries and not all refineries have asphalt processing facilities or they may have to be expanded.
Don’t Be. I got a chuckle as I pictured your grand children collapsing some bridge or other structure. Now that’s a lot of grand children!
Infrastructure isn’t “supposedly” collapsing. It’s actually getting bad. I’ve never seen the roads in the mountain states in worse shape.
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