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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (857741)5/17/2015 1:03:22 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1573851
 
For more than 50 years after Congress created the Highway Trust Fund in 1956 it was able to avoid a shortage of funds by a simple measure: it didn’t spend more than was collected in gas taxes. That changed in 2008, when tax revenues declined due to the financial crisis but Congress continued to spend as if the revenues were growing

Yeah, they didn't spend more than they got in and the god damn system is falling a part:

Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis Kills at Least 7 - NYTimes.com

I keep thinking some of you Rs have a brain but I am fast coming to the growing conclusion that may be a wrong evaluation.

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