Bad Bob wrote:
https://www.politicususa.com/2022/01/14/biden-makes-the-largest-investment-in-the-nations-bridges-since-eisenhower.html
Only 10% of the $1.2 Trillion "Infrastructure" Bill is Roads and Bridges.
$110 Billion for roads AND 45,000 bridges.
Now take a look at the cost of repairing or replacing those 45,000 bridges:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/sd2020.cfmNow Do The Math, if you are capable?
Here's What the Rest of YOUR Money Pays For.
Only about 10% of the bill will be used to fund "roads and bridges" ($110 billion).
The bill spends another $42 billion for airports and seaports, and $55 billion on fixing water pipes.
That's the only part of the bill that is dedicated to traditional infrastructure. The rest? Well, see for yourself:
$500 million to destroy roads and highways constructed as part of America’s purported legacy of s******c r****m.
A fund to punish people who drive their own cars.
Provides money to encourage cities and municipalities to charge cars for traveling into city limits during peak hours,
collect tolls from drivers, and hike the cost of parking in the city.
$39 billion on "public t***sportation" and another $66 billion on rail t***sit.
These "investments," of course, will only (allegedly) benefit Americans living in major cities.
$7.5 billion for electric chargers for e-vehicles
$7.5 billion for zero- or low-emission public buses and ferries.
$65 billion to strengthen the U.S. energy grid.
Money for "tree justice": "[c]onducting an equity assessment by mapping tree canopy gaps, flood-prone locations, and urban heat island hot spots."
Permanent $30/month subsidy for low-income people to purchase internet access. (No requirement the internet be used for work or school.)
The Biden administration claims that all of this new spending will be "paid for." Of course, that's not true.
According to the Heritage Foundation, the bill will increase deficits every year and add an additional $2,900 per household to the national debt. Already, each American citizen owes about $87,000 in national debt.
https://conventionofstates.com/news/only-10-of-the-1-2-trillion-infrastructure-bill-is-roads-and-bridges-here-s-what-the-rest-of-your-money-pays-for