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SWBTATTReg

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3. Really. I know about this issue because Missouri (where I live) has a rather unbeiveble

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #2)

Fri May 22, 2020, 11:16 AM

May 2020

number of bridges (6,000), I guess we do indeed have a lot of rivers, lakes, creeks, etc. They keep harping about an infrastructure bill in Congress but nothing seems to get done on it. I guess they can't decide how to pay for it. Maybe not spend trillions of dollars in arms/military over 5 years and use it instead to pay for new bridges, roads, dams, etc.?

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A lot of these dams are old, part of the 'infrastructure' repairs that need to be done in this ... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #1

And at least 40 years overdue. ...nt 2naSalit May 2020 #2

Really. I know about this issue because Missouri (where I live) has a rather unbeiveble SWBTATTReg May 2020 #3

If we cut the military budget in half... 2naSalit May 2020 #4

Exactly! SWBTATTReg May 2020 #5