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Even conservatives think we should fund these projects...right?

'Cause all ya gotta do is snap your fingers, and it'll get done, right?

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Certainly. The states need to get busy on this right away. When the states allow their infrastructures to deteriorate, they stand to lose revenue and endanger their citizens.

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This important infrastructure for the entire country.

Big blue states hand over more cash than they get back from the red states.

It's time for that to change; I agree.

One way or the other.

You have to start somewhere. You can't justify inaction by saying something is difficult to do, especially something as necessary as repair and maintenance of infrastructure.

But do you actually think it's actually going to get done any time soon?

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When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

Does that matter? You can't procrastinate this sort of stuff - it's like telling a dying, hemorrhaging patient you can't operate on them because the surgery is too difficult and would take too long.

Not until after we have a president who wants to spend the nation's resources on something besides military industry.

Ah, but you CAN justify inaction, when there's money to be spent elsewhere.

Case in point...in Missouri, our bridges are crumbling. However...
a) our schools are terribly underfunded
b) thousands of folks were devastated by the recent flooding
c) our law enforcement is underfunded
d) our farmers are still reeling from droughts from the last two years.

Now, here's the catch...we only have about 5 or 6 "major" cities in the state. Our average income is probably close to the poverty level in New York City. We simply can not generate the same amount of revenue as an east coast state can.

So...does Missouri still spend those billions of dollars for fixing those crumbling bridges, or do they tackle the other four problems? Remember...there's only so much money to go around. You can't raise taxes, because that would hurt too many folks in this state, because of the lower average wage. Do you fix that infrastructure, and risk a teachers' union strike, or a farmers' revolt? Do you allow your law enforcement to go underfunded, and watch crime skyrocket in your major cities?

Welcome to "Government 101." It ain't as easy as you think it is.

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"The mods won't let you call a moron a 'moron'." --BillyBobaganoosh

You make some good points in your state's particular case.

Of course, if we coud just find that missing one trillion dollars that disappeared under the Pentagon's watch, we could take care of a lot of our dangerously deteriorating infrastructure.

That's why we should all embrace Obama's emphasis on holding the military accountable for this type of blatant waste. The richer blue states are providing the majority of funding for our federal government, it's about time they elect a leader that will use their money wisely.

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