08-03-2007, 12:56 PM
I dunno.
Maybe I'm making this up...or maybe I'm being naive...but I believe the Federal government provides 80 percent of the money for construction, repair and maintenance of the so-called federal-aid highway system -- including Interstate highways and bridges.
Like the one that just fell down.
My point in having posted that National Priorities website address?...in response to loffelkopffl's obviously-valid heartfelt query?
Simply to point out that we do, as a nation, whether we care to admit it or not, no matter where the heck we live, no matter who the heck we support politically (if anyone), seem to have our priorities a wee bit phlucked up.
Further exploration of the site by the concerned and curious will reveal (among other amazing tidbits) that 6,442 Port Container Inspectors could have been hired for the what the war's cost Hawaii taxpayers (alone) -- in 2007 alone.
http://database.nationalpriorities.org/tradeoff
Safety and security come at a price, yes.
Both at home and abroad.
But we all need to be wiser (and noisier!) consumers.
Maybe I'm making this up...or maybe I'm being naive...but I believe the Federal government provides 80 percent of the money for construction, repair and maintenance of the so-called federal-aid highway system -- including Interstate highways and bridges.
Like the one that just fell down.
My point in having posted that National Priorities website address?...in response to loffelkopffl's obviously-valid heartfelt query?
Simply to point out that we do, as a nation, whether we care to admit it or not, no matter where the heck we live, no matter who the heck we support politically (if anyone), seem to have our priorities a wee bit phlucked up.
Further exploration of the site by the concerned and curious will reveal (among other amazing tidbits) that 6,442 Port Container Inspectors could have been hired for the what the war's cost Hawaii taxpayers (alone) -- in 2007 alone.
http://database.nationalpriorities.org/tradeoff
Safety and security come at a price, yes.
Both at home and abroad.
But we all need to be wiser (and noisier!) consumers.