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To: tejek who wrote (654650)5/12/2012 12:28:02 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578924
 
>> Seattle will receive $30 million in federal stimulus money to help rebuild eastbound Mercer Street into an attractive two-way boulevard.

So, they got 30M of a 200M project that would, apparently, have happened either way.

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"The money is part of a $1.5 billion fund created by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., that will go to Mercer Street and some 50 other winning projects announced by the federal Department of Transportation."

FUCKING PORK. Nothing more or less.

Bridge to nowhere. Waste of my money that my kids and theirs will have to pay for.

The spending of this trillion dollars of future generations' money is EASILY the most immoral act I have ever seen our government undertake.

How do you sleep at night knowing that you've stolen money from future generations to flit away for no reason, whatsoever?



To: tejek who wrote (654650)5/12/2012 1:29:11 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578924
 
Ted, that's an example of an upgrade project that would have happened anyway without stimulus funds.

Of course the local and state governments will gladly accept money magically appearing out of nowhere, but that's a far cry from crediting stimulus money with "building whole roads and bridges."

Tenchusatsu