The collapse of the I35 bridge in Minneapolis has caused a lot of talk about the country's aging infrastructure, and rightly so. The number of bridges that are in need of repair is surprising, not to mention the roads, tunnels and other parts of our transportation system we take for granted.
To that end, Senator Chuck Schumer and other Senators have proposed increasing the national highway budget from $4 to $5 billion dollars. Unfortunately our glorious leader has threatened to veto the bill. Why? Well it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out. Highways are built and maintained by companies that have nothing to do with the defense industry or big oil. Bush's masters are Big Oil and Big Defense, therefore, no money for highways.
I guess the civil engineers and highway construction companies need to start kicking in more money to their lobbies so they can buy the White House like oil and defense.
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