Reply By: Island Dog Posted: Friday, August 10, 2007
“That is not the question. The question is do I want the bridges my family and I drive over to be safe? YES YES YES! That will take money to insure they are safe!


Then tell the states and federal government to stop spending their money on useless projects like sports arenas and get their act together.

You are something else gene. The first one to whine and cry about how bad the "poor" people are due to high gas prices, but yet here you are complaining about a tax.

You are a typical liberal who thinks the solution to every problem is raising taxes. The useless federal and state spending is the problem.”


IF you look back over my Blogs you will see I have called for an END to PORK and EARMARKS which were at an ALL TIME HIGH under Bush and the GOP controlled Congress. There were ten time more earmarks under the GOP then under then Democrats!

Reply By: Jythier Posted: Friday, August 10, 2007
“$342,857. Per bridge. How much does it cost to inspect a bridge? How much does it cost to repair a bridge before it collapses? How much does it cost after it collapses?

I'm sure plenty of the bridges just need to be inspected to be sure they're not falling down. Others need some repairs. Between the two I think an average of $343k isn't too bad.”


I bet you can not do any major Bridge Repair for $343,000. That is Chump Change when talking about major bridge repairs.


The real issue is that Bush wants to prevent a tax increase even though a lot of money will be needed to deal with a problem of this size. It is the same approach no matter what the issue. The Social Security Trustees have estimated it will take almost $5 Trillion dollars of ADDED money to pay the Social Security Benefits to the baby Boomers. GOD knows what the number is for Medicare. We have a Trillion Dollars spent on the Iraq War and how much for Katrina. Bush has not requested not said he would support one cent on money to pay for all these issues. He passed a $60 Billion per year entitlement with Part D under Medicate and did not provide ONR CENT to pay for it. That is irresponsible!

Bridge repairs, no, not 343k. But bridge maintenance? I bet we can maintain our bridges just fine. Then they won't collapse or need major repairs.

Gotta wonder why we should give more to something that was already given money before. If it was gonna cost more, why did we not give more in the first place? BTW, you really need to stop leaving the Democrats out of things when they are just as much responsible for these earmarks as the GOP is.



So I guess the $286 billion highway and transit bill of 2005 was for anything else other than bridges? The only one here in denial is you because you won't even address these $286 billion of which the Democrats earmarked 223 million to that "bridge to nowhere". Talk about being blind.



I'm curious, if it's not up to the President then why does the bill have to be passed to him? Why does it need his approval and why does he have the power to veto if he does not have the power of the purse? I mean if this is illegal in some way than Congress is stupid for letting him get away with a crime, but if not I don't see where he is wrong here.

You however never address the issue and instead changed you stance on Bush not wanting to fix the bridges to Bush not giving enough to fix all the bridges. Make up your mind, you sound like Hillary catering to the audience in front of her. In this case the question posed

Please, Col does not understand this. His idea is to replace something used with something new. I bet he probably changes his car every time he needs an oil change. probably does it with tax payers dollars too.

he wants higher prices at the gas pump as long as the democrats control the money.

Reply By: Jythier Posted: Friday, August 10, 2007
“Bridge repairs, no, not 343k. But bridge maintenance? I bet we can maintain our bridges just fine. Then they won't collapse or need major repairs.”

Per the Civil Engineers, we need more then $1.7 TRILLION dollars of repair to the infrastructure of this country which includes more the just our bridges. The amount of money far exceeds anything currently available. That is more that all the state budgets combined for years. For example the TOTAL state Budget for Pennsylvania, one of the larger states, is $26 Billion. $1.7 Trillion is 65 Times the total PA budget in 2007.

Reply By: danielost Posted: Friday, August 10, 2007
Reply By: just john Posted: Friday, August 10, 2007
So which way do you want it?

1. Do you want lower prices at the pump?

-or-

2. Do you want to pay more in taxes for gas?


That is not the question. The question is do I want the bridges my family and I drive over to be safe? YES YES YES! That will take money to insure they are safe!




he wants higher prices at the gas pump as long as the democrats control the money.


Let’s face facts.

First, gas prices have NEVER been higher then now under GWB>

The Republicans have spent more, had more PORK and EARMARKS then the Democrats have EVER had.

The largest increase in entitlements took place with the Prescription Drug Plan under Bush and the GOP controlled Congress.

It is PURE HYPOCRACY for any Bush supporter to complain about the spending of the Democrats. The GOP has out spent, and approved more pork then anything the Democrats EVER accomplished. In addition, it has all been put on the tab so not only did the GOP outspend the Democrats but we can now pay interest on that spending spree for decades to come! Bush signed every one of those bills that has spent us into debt! WHERE WAS THE BUSH VETO PEN to stop all that spending, PORK and EARMARKS?????????

now he wants to take drugs from the poor.

Reply By: danielost Posted: Friday, August 10, 2007
the Prescription Drug Plan


“now he wants to take drugs from the poor.”


No you moron-- The issue is Bush and the GOP passed a new entitlement that costs $60 Billion per year and did not pay for the new entitlement.

sounds like the government since i was born over 40 years ago

The Bush administration and the GOP Controlled Congress from Jan 2001 to January 2007 has been the most financially irresponsible Federal Government we have EVER had in this country. They were far worse then any of the so called Free Spending Liberals! They not only outspent the Liberals but borrowed it so we also have the interest to pay in addition to the spending!

What a waste of an article. Keep blaming the Republicans Mr Conservative while giving the Democrats a free ride. It's amnazing, this country is a disaster because of no one else but the Republicans. If you are a conservative as you claim to be, you are just as if not more responsible for all of this if what you say is true.

Reply By: CharlesCS1 Posted: Friday, August 10, 2007
What a waste of an article. Keep blaming the Republicans Mr. Conservative while giving the Democrats a free ride. It's amazing; this country is a disaster because of no one else but the Republicans. If you are a conservative as you claim to be, you are just as if not more responsible for all of this if what you say is true.

The $4 Trillion dollars that has been added to the debt and the $200 Billion more in interest we must pay every year is because of Bush and the GOP NOT the Democrats!Facts are facts even though you may not like them!!!!!

Who cares, who cares, who cares, who cares. No one ever pays what they owe us, chances are we probably won't pay this to who ever we owe it. This is all bull, Debt has never done damage to us before it won't now. Get over it already.