Boehner, House nutcases declare war on buses, trains, bicyclists, and pedestrians

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[div style="float: right; padding-left: 20px;"]i.e., pretty much anything that doesn't smell bad and use a lot of energy.

"It was apparently not enough to obliterate funding for bike lanes and walking paths and kids trying to get to school. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) wants to keep our tax dollars from paying for public transit as well.

Earlier this week, Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) unveiled a draft transportation bill that would cut all designated funding for bike and pedestrian infrastructure, the Safe Routes to School program, and grants that have encouraged “complete streets” projects. Still, it looked like the more egregious provisions would be stripped away as the legislation — titled “The American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act” — ran through the lawmaking process. And at least the bill maintained the country’s longstanding, if weak, commitment to public transportation.

Then, Wednesday night, Boehner and the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee proposed killing a longstanding rule that sets aside a portion of the gas tax to fund trains and buses and other public transportation systems."

http://grist.org/politics/boehners-last-stand-house-leader-wants-to-kill-transit-funding/

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Dry Cry is menace to society.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. Republicans want you to get big, fat and unhealthy

who makes money out of the sick?

[Ratty]

3. Unconscionable that their limo drivers have to stop for pedestrians

Someone must put a stop to this!

[LiberalEsto]

4. What are we supposed to do, buy Segways? nt

[Odin2005]

5. This is because densely populated urban areas are strongly Dem.

Pukes in rural and suburban areas despise the great urban centers and like when their politicians "stick it to those evil urban libruls".

[txlibdem]

6. The "Job Creators" have created no jobs

It's time for people to show their power, march on their respective government offices and demand an end to the Top 1%'s War on the Middle Class and Poor, demand reparations for 40 years of wage stagnation while the rich saw their wealth almost triple.