As it was, so shall it be
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pete buttacheecks has vowed to place “racial equity” at the forefront of “infrastructure” spending. Just say’in
Pittsburgh bridge 2016 infrastructure funding was diverted to bike paths and “green” energy programs
Monica Showalter, American Th9inker: Instead of repairing the bridge with what likely would have been the Obama-era shovel-ready 2009 infrastructure funds for "roads and bridges," known as the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," the cash went to bike lanes and green boondoggles, and too bad about the actual structure that was decaying and deteriorating. Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg loves those bike lanes. Bridges that stay up? That is for someone else to take care of. And of course, no one did. For local leftwing politicians and federal cash shovelers, it was too attractive to build bike lanes and dedicated lanes, the better for Democrats to show off to all their little lefty friends.
Virtually every infrastructure bill has been like this. The Americans for Prosperity website has a history of these continuous infrastructure bills, all of which left a lot of decaying infrastructure and a lot of greenie gee-whiz idiocies:
In 1998, President Clinton and Congress worked together on a $217 billion transportation bill.Who can forget President George W. Bush’s 2005 bill that included funding for the infamous Bridge to Nowhere.President Obama’s 2009 “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” had an $831 billion price tag.The Trump Administration proposed or endorsed several costly infrastructure plans between 2015-2020.If President Biden’s recent proposal gives you déjà vu, you’re not alone. His promises sound familiar to us, too.
FURTHER READING, from a year ago: For What It’s Worth, January 18, 2021, “No Country for Burly Men”.
Seen it comin’, I did
