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Thor_MN

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6. Agree on dumbest article.

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 01:00 AM

Jul 2015

Written by someone who apparently doesn't know how to drive.

And ignorant of money spent of road construction creates jobs and gets spent back into communities several times.

The problem with letting the GOP decide how to spend money is how much is siphoned off into corrupt deals. Some of that happens on the left side of the aisle too, but if the GOP is in charge, you can count on a large portion going missing.

I have an idea for how the GOP can come up with the money, namely don't start any more fucking wars, and divert those wasted funds into infrastructure.

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How to Fix Our Interstates... Hint: Not with more asphalt. [View all] Agschmid Jul 2015 OP

marking to read later. Thanks! nt Mojorabbit Jul 2015 #1

Thanks to the interstates I can take my family to Florida from Texas in a week snooper2 Jul 2015 #2

Agree on dumbest article. Thor_MN Jul 2015 #6

I love road trips! 8 track mind Jul 2015 #3

Oh, but you can! Assuming you're going from Wash. DC to Orlando Fl or Trailrider1951 Jul 2015 #20

thanks for sharing the libertarian solutions. btw the interstate is concrete, not asphalt nt msongs Jul 2015 #4

Didn't say I agreed with the solution, but we certainly should spend more time talking about it... Agschmid Jul 2015 #5

"Though I don’t know how to drive myself" oberliner Jul 2015 #7

Yah for the most part I agree, it's an odd article. Agschmid Jul 2015 #8

Rt 66 is my home town newfie11 Jul 2015 #9

Route 66 (or at least when it was that) Runs 2 Blocks South of My House ProfessorGAC Jul 2015 #11

Yes I was in Albuquerque when 44 came through newfie11 Jul 2015 #19

Welcome to garage-sale America.. sendero Jul 2015 #10

These days it's not near the adventure (driving to unknown places) that it once was. BlueJazz Jul 2015 #12

that is so irritating Horse with no Name Jul 2015 #17

Environmentally speaking The2ndWheel Jul 2015 #13

And still do. nt raouldukelives Jul 2015 #15

When I got my driver's license about forty years ago... hunter Jul 2015 #14

The roads around here are in such disrepair Horse with no Name Jul 2015 #16

Yes that's very true in Mass as well. Agschmid Jul 2015 #18

Tax the rich, rebuild infrastructure, create JOBS Cal Carpenter Jul 2015 #21