Posted on 03/30/2024 2:31:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore came as quite a shock. After a massive container ship struck one of the bridge’s pillars, the entire span quickly fell apart, costing several lives.
It’s hard to overstate the bridge’s importance, particularly for the automobile industry. In addition to handling 11 million vehicles per year, it provided a vital way for trucks to access the Port of Baltimore while avoiding the dense city core. The impact on the region will be felt for months, if not years.
The question is, what now?
President Joe Biden has said that the federal government would foot the entire bill for rebuilding the bridge and demanded that Congress make it happen.
While the collapse came as a surprise, nobody should be surprised that Biden’s immediate response was to call for more federal spending.
Since taking office, Biden has signed trillions of dollars of spending increases into law and imposed more than $700 billion of additional costs through administrative decisions.
This reckless approach to budgeting has whipped up inflation and driven the gross national debt to $34.6 trillion—about $265,000 for every household in the country.
Fortunately, it’s possible for Washington to help Maryland rebuild the bridge without driving the nation deeper into debt.
First, all officials must be clear that the cost of rebuilding should mostly or entirely fall on the owners and operators of the ship, even if the incident was purely accidental. While litigation on such an important matter could take time to resolve, taxpayers shouldn’t be responsible for the cost of a privately caused disaster.
Second, there’s no need for Congress to authorize new funding to begin the process of clearing the channel and rebuilding the bridge . . .
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Yeah I know that. Sarc intended
Yup, it’s the uniparty..
The foundation of the Uniparty is the 17th Amendment. It is well past time to repeal the 17th Amendment and eliminate the Senior Executive Service via a Convention of States
OTOH, the tunnel would not fall down if/when struck by a ship!
Bridge, given this turn of events, turns out to be penny wise and pound foolish, does it not?
Just sayin
It’s really not that hard to fix.
First eliminate unneeded environmental studies as this is a replacement not new.
Most of the bridge is intact on either side of the collapse. no need to replace those sections just inspect to ensure there is no major damage
Pull out the old design and rebuild. The bridge worked fine
Install new dolphins that actually protect the bridge from the new very large cargo ships.
If there were competent people running the show this could be done in two years or less.
There is no hope this will happen
Put some ice on that while you have a happy Tranny Visibility Day.
Per the headline: HIRE WETBACKS!
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