US infrastructure won't maintain itself

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

On last night’s news, there was a report about how long it’s taking to agree on the infrastructure bill – here’s a clip:

“Bridges are in trouble, nationwide. Forty-two percent are at least 50 years old, 220,000 need repair work — that includes the Brooklyn Bridge and Washington D.C.’s Roosevelt Bridge. Nearly 80,000 need to be replaced.”

This is what we’re driving on! And yet, what I still hear from some members of Congress are dire declarations that this might be too expensive to fix, and it might cause inflation.

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We have an economy that, for better or worse, needs bridges, and pavement, and wires carrying electricity, and pipes carrying water. And none of it maintains itself.

That’s a major oversight of the information age. So many electronic miracles and basically ZERO progress on the thing that would really make life easier: self-healing infrastructure. Concrete that fills its own cracks. Pipes that can seal themselves. And how about roofs that can fix their own leaks, and siding that paints itself?

But we don’t have those things, and so we have to pay people to do it. When money goes to people who work for it, you’re certainly not encouraging indolence, and you’re not encouraging inflation – you’re keeping the economy going.

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https://mynorthwest.com/3057740/ross-things-that-drive-me-nuts/

[TreasonousBastard]

1. This is nothing new. Politicians and other parasites love to...

have their pictures taken at ribbon cuttings and ceremonies, but are allergic to the necessry followup. Budgeting maintenance isn't nearly as much fun as getting a project started.