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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (469070)4/5/2009 10:55:11 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578494
 
Ted, > Because we have deferred maintenance now. Money that should have been spent on bridges and levees was spent on wars and tax cuts.

It's not a question of more money, since the budget considerations for infrastructure had little to do with that of wars and tax cuts. In other words, even without the latter, the former wouldn't have been affected.

Why do you think that's true?

It's a question of what the heck our current spending is getting us right now. Since the growth in the federal budget has more often than not outpaced inflation, one would think that we're actually getting more out of our government, but we're not.

Why do you think that is?



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (469070)4/5/2009 11:50:51 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578494
 
>It's a question of what the heck our current spending is getting us right now. Since the growth in the federal budget has more often than not outpaced inflation, one would think that we're actually getting more out of our government, but we're not.

Correct. We're wasting it on wars and skyrocketing health care costs.

-Z


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