Dafuq is wrong with these dipshits?!?!
#USPolitics #Infrastructure #GOPFail
House GOP seeks billions in cuts to rail, water infrastructure spending
https://press.coop/@washingtonpost/110735498912321031
*shrug* it's their job to prioritize federal resources and identify places where the spending isn't turning out to be effective.
They're still talking about spending A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, just not quite as much as others want to negotiate for.
@volkris Did you read the article? The US has under-invested in basic infrastructure for decades. As a result, roads, rails, ports, bridges, drinking water systems are all in need of massive repairs. That’s what Congress finally passed just two years ago. But now GOP leaders want cuts to all of the above. It’s wrongheaded and frankly spiteful because they don’t want a Democratic president to get credit for meaningful investment in infrastructure.
The problem with your argument is that you named a bunch of primarily state and local government responsibilities to claim that the feds have underinvested.
And that's a big contributor to the problem: all too often we see other governments not doing their jobs and investing in their citizens, escaping accountability by passing the buck to the US.
And none of that really overcomes the Occam's Razor, that these representatives simply believe these to be ineffective ways of using federal resources. We don't have to grasp for malice to explain it.
