One of the most important things that President Eisenhower did was our wonderful interstate highway system. Tea Party Republicans have been allowing this legacy to slowly deteriorate.
No long term planing can be done, because the funding is only for six months at a time.
Now the idiots are planning on funding the highway system for the next three years, BY SELLING OUR OIL RESERVE. They could not have chosen a worse time to sell oil.
In any event, three years is not really enough lead time to make major highway improvements.
One of the first highways to be built, Interstate Highway 10, has a bridge out, causing day long delays, which will get better but will last for months. About 40% of all shipping from Asia goes down this highway.
Quick movement of goods is one of the ways that the US is different from Africa. It allows us all to enjoy the world wide bounty of food, electronics, shoes, clothes, at the lowest possible prices.
As the country grows, so the highway and railroad systems have to grow. This has ALWAYS been one of the responsibilities of the federal government.
Worse, these selfish, short sighted Simpletons are allowing the railroad and highways to fall apart. We have had train derailments blamed on anyone but the true fact that the railroads have NOT been brought up to 21st century standards.
Roads wash out because no one has the money to pay for a soil engineer. Bridges fall down, and everyone just shrugs.
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY. It deserves the best transportation systems that money can buy.
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