Posted on 07/30/2021 9:39:10 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The $715 billion infrastructure bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month includes a $6,550,000 earmark aimed at stopping people from committing suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge, which is in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s congressional district. […]
“The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is in the process of constructing a Suicide Deterrent Net System (SDNS) to deter suicides at the Bridge by placing a physical barrier between a person and the water below,” it says. “The SDNS consists of marine grade stainless steel netting attached to structural steel net supports placed 20 feet below the sidewalks and extending out 20 feet over the water.” […]
As of 2019, an estimated 1,700 people had committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. Construction of the bridge was completed in 1937. …
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I remember some show where a few people who survived attempted suicides by jumping said the second they jumped, they instantly regretted the decision.
Probably cheaper to hire a person of indeterminate gender to sit on the bridgeand lecture potential jumpers.
Lemme guess. The money will be used to buy drugs and needles. More people will die of OD and less of suicide that way.
Surprise! Democrat run government is really just theft without consequences for criminal democrat politicians.
None of our (the serfs) business how our communist masters spend their hard-earned money!
Shame! Shame! Shame!
Good one.
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