[Freedom'sWorthIt]

More government (taxpayer funded) idiocy - or is it?

Someone needs to research the Congressman mentioned in the article...have no idea how he has voted on assorted issues but would make a guess.

[driftdiver]

We so borrow $52 million from China and pay interest on it so NC can use it as a slush fund?

[bt579]

Pelousi buys Shulers vote.

[girlangler]

Heath Shuler is a real estate developer, and former football player.

Wouldn’t surprise me if this road wasn’t connected to some property he’d like to sell.

[Between the Lines]

The government had promised to replace a highway that was flooded to build a dam, but environmental concerns and high costs halted construction decades ago.

So the government is now paying off on broken pormises. With Obama in charge the country is sure to go broke soon.

[Between the Lines]

The government had promised to replace a highway that was flooded to build a dam, but environmental concerns and high costs halted construction decades ago.

So the government is now paying off on broken pormises. With Obama in charge the country is sure to go broke soon.

[mo]

Is it possible ANY adult could be so naive as to suppose that this 52 million dollar fund is just gonna SIT there, unmolested by the local politicos?....LOL

And the MSM continues to ponder its increasing irrelevancy in the national dialogue.

[MBB1984]

I believe this payment is justified. As part of an agreement in building Lake Fontana and condemnation of land, the US government promised and agreed to build a road so that the displaced residents could visit the graves of their relatives. The road was never built despite the promise. If the road was built today, it would cost several hundred million dollars as it would go through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This payment is a cash settlement in lieu of building the road and is far, far less than actually building the road. In my opinion, this is simply keeping the government's promise in some form.

[MBB1984]

I believe this payment is justified. As part of an agreement in building Lake Fontana and condemnation of land, the US government promised and agreed to build a road so that the displaced residents could visit the graves of their relatives. The road was never built despite the promise. If the road was built today, it would cost several hundred million dollars as it would go through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This payment is a cash settlement in lieu of building the road and is far, far less than actually building the road. In my opinion, this is simply keeping the government's promise in some form.

[MitchellC]

I'm not so sure this one is such a clear cut case of pork.

The government had promised to replace a highway that was flooded to build a dam, but environmental concerns and high costs halted construction decades ago.

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[Rebelbase]

“He said 6,000 people left their homes and land after officials argued that a dam would help produce electricity that could increase production of aluminum for World War II planes and bombs.”

That’s what people were told, but it was the Oak Ridge, TN atomic project that sparked the Fontana Dam construction.