Lord Save our Tax Dollars Because We Aren’t Drowing Yet
Poll: Americans worried but reject higher taxes to fix bridges - CNN.com
In another act of short sided weirdness, here we are scared to spend to fix infrastructure that could be dangerous. I have no idea how the wording of the question was phrased but strongly urge the American public to connect a few of the dots between recent disasters. I.e., couldn’t they have all been avoided with some system maintenance? The biggest problem is coming up with a way to overhaul budgets to make the dollars we spend more useful. I would start with the military and subsidies. Can anyone get some hard facts about how much we spend on infrastructure compared to other things?
Thanks!
More Army Expenditures - Yawn
Army to expand recruiting incentives - Yahoo! News
This is just ridiculous. The army needs more manpower to feed it’s incompetent war, which isn’t it’s fault. Rather than keeping us safe in a time of need, they are defending the interests of big business. Fine, it’s old news and my description is probably too simplistic by more than half. But when I read about stuff like this, 45K for four years service, I can only ask whom they are trying to recruit and whom they are trying to fool? God save the troops because last I heard there was a shortage of body armor. feh.
NYC Subways Crippled by August Thunderstorm
Fishbowls article.
This mornings storm was not ordinary, and we at Worrying Trends wouldn’t want to place undue blame on the MTA for things, like weather, outside of their control. However, after a severe fare hike and another one in the works we would like to see the MTA use excess funds for the maintenance of their great treasure,New York City’s subway system. As it stands now, several lines are being threatened with cut service including the G line which is on hold for all weekends until further notice in Queens. The fact that their private offices are millions of dollars over budget, the lack of transparent finances, and antagonism for community involvement spells trouble for straphangers.