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Joe Biden: Government Will Pay ‘Entire Cost’ of Rebuilding Baltimore Bridge
Breitbart ^ | 03/26/2024 | KRISTINA WONG

Posted on 03/26/2024 12:41:37 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

President Joe Biden said the government would pay the “entire cost” of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, after a cargo ship hit the bridge after losing power early Tuesday morning.

“It’s my intention that we will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge. I expect the Congress to support my effort,” Biden said in a White House press conference. “It’s gonna take some time. And the people of Baltimore can count on us, though, to stick with that every step of the way until the port is reopened and the bridge is rebuilt. We’re not leaving until this job is done.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: baltimore; baltimorebridge; biden; fjb; fskbridge; government; pandering; rebuilding
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Joe Biden apparently wants to exercise the powers of all three branches of government.


101 posted on 03/26/2024 2:50:13 PM PDT by buridan
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biden doesn’t understand that Maryland is a solid blue state and doesn’t need his bribe money.


102 posted on 03/26/2024 2:55:07 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nonsense. The container ship’s insurance companies will pay a great deal of money.


103 posted on 03/26/2024 2:55:31 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Gay State Conservative; SamAdams76; escapefromboston
Now, if Boston coulda found someone to destroy Rt93, they coulda got the feds to pay for The Big Dig.

I drove on 95 near Boston during rush hour recently. It’s worse, arguably, than Manhattan inbound traffic. And that’s an improvement?

My hopes are very low for the people of Baltimore.

104 posted on 03/26/2024 2:57:15 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Cen-Tejas
Typical moron, imbecilic democrat!

The shipping line and the insurance company should pay all of it as the situation appears at the moment.

If Terrorism is proven, then maybe not.

“These people are heroes,” Gov. Wes Moore said in a morning news conference. “They saved lives last night.” Moore added that there was no evidence that the collision was a terrorist attack.
The Singapore-flagged cargo ship named Dali had been traveling about 8 knots (roughly 9 mph).
Remember in the news recently Angela Chao, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s billionaire sister-in-law, died in her Tesla as it slowly sank in a pond on a remote Texas ranch.

It looks to me like it might have been Commie industrial terrorism aimed at our Democrat Global Elites.

105 posted on 03/26/2024 2:57:40 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: KC Burke; ChicagoConservative27
FSK toll bridge funding:

The project was financed by a $220 million bond issue alongside the twinning of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in October 1968.

Contractors took bearings of the outer harbour bottom and ship channel in the spring of 1969.[citation needed]

Bids for constructing the proposed Outer Harbor Tunnel were opened in July 1970, but price proposals were substantially higher than the engineering estimates.

Officials drafted alternative plans, including a four-lane bridge, which the General Assembly approved in April 1971.

At an estimated cost of $110 million, the bridge would have more traffic lanes and lower operating and maintenance costs than a tunnel.

- Wikipedia


106 posted on 03/26/2024 2:58:28 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: OHPatriot

Yep, Alfred E. Neuman’s cousin Pete was at the podium today.


107 posted on 03/26/2024 3:05:09 PM PDT by MHT
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Big spender with other people’s money. What a tool this guy is, and has always been.


108 posted on 03/26/2024 3:15:12 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Enterprise

Do you have any idea of what is involved in a project of this size and scope.
Do you have a clue of what trades are involved and the skill sets involve?
Do you know the process of design and fabrication for a major bridge, and then the bidding, detailing and fabrication of the steel?
And do you know what is involved in constructing the new bridge foundation in open water in that bay?
I do.


109 posted on 03/26/2024 3:18:34 PM PDT by Rumplemeyer (The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m so old that I can remember when we had three branches of government, which would include the peoples representatives in the Congress. Back in those olden times, the Congress would appropriate money to be spent, not the president.


110 posted on 03/26/2024 3:28:53 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: Rumplemeyer

That bridge crumpled like it was tied together with paper clips. The whole thing slammed into the water in 1 second. Something about that design looked horrendous.


111 posted on 03/26/2024 3:29:32 PM PDT by mikhailovich
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To: DoodleBob
As one who moved from Boston Metro to NY Metro, I can attest that the traffic is much worse in Boston.

Also, though few people believe it when I say so, the drivers in NYC are much more polite than the ones up in Boston.

112 posted on 03/26/2024 3:35:40 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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To: MHT

Well said. This is flagrant use of government money for pay offs and favoured areas.


113 posted on 03/26/2024 3:36:43 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: Huskrrrr

Yes.

“We” will foot the bill with “our” money. Hopefully brought in saddlebags on a unicorn floating here on a magic carpet.

Or, gouged out of working taxpayers’ life savings as they and their children and grandchildren face enormous debt.

Biden: Just charge it.


114 posted on 03/26/2024 3:40:05 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m so old that I can remember when we had three branches of government, which would include the peoples representatives in the Congress. Back in those olden times, the Congress would appropriate money to be spent, not the president.


115 posted on 03/26/2024 3:40:08 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Every construction company in Maryland:


116 posted on 03/26/2024 3:42:41 PM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: alancarp

Your post jogged my memory.
Forgot the name of that Skyway Bridge. When I first visited I was told some people continued to be too afraid to drive on the replacement as they saw the half gone remainder of the crashed bridge. They would have a relative (like me) drive as they closed their eyes.


117 posted on 03/26/2024 3:43:28 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: SamAdams76; one guy in new jersey; lightman; Gay State Conservative; escapefromboston

I found the NYC metro area drivers use their turn signals even if they drive like Mario Andretti. I love driving in Manhattan - it’s better than the bumper cars.

In contrast, I could strangle anyone who pulls into traffic to make a left-hand turn, which seems to happen EVERY TIME I drive around Boston on business.

Don’t get me started on rotaries. Though jug handles in NJ are equally maddening.

However, I’m sure I get cursed out for my Philadelphian-like “I’m at a traffic light turning left, so I’m gonna floor it as soon as I get the green” driving.


118 posted on 03/26/2024 3:46:12 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
And it's going to be rebuilt by a dem doner who will use 2 coats of paint on a slab of air...

Will cost 3X what steel might cost.

119 posted on 03/26/2024 3:48:43 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: higgmeister

Chao’s ranch is only a few miles from where I live. That incident is “a little” plausible.

This incident, to me, at this time, given the information we know, is not. This ship is on the go year after year tens of thousands of miles around the globe.

But, in Baltimore, it loses power a few minutes and makes a beeline for the bridge after allegedly losing power. Yeah, 2 non English speaking crew members teamed up. One on the upper bow deck and one in the Electric Controls Control Room. The guy on the upper deck texts “now”! The guy below throws the main power switch. 2 minutes later, with no steering, the boat hits the bridge. The CCP pays both moms and dads a million each in cash back home. Done deal.

Too many coincidences given what’s going on in the country. Naturally, the Democrats and their media cousins will cover up and deny their fellow commies actions on the Dali this morning.


120 posted on 03/26/2024 3:49:25 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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