On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:33:46 -0500, BAR wrote:


Where has all of the money gone that was collected in the form of taxes
that was to pay for the upkeep of the existing infrastructure? All of my
gasoline taxes did they get co-mingled in the general fund of the
federal government and the state governments?

Why do I have to pay three, four and five times for the same thing?
Legislators, bureaucrats and judges should be in jail.

Shouldn't you be asking that question of George Bush? He's the man who
was in charge the past eight years. Obama has only been President for 3
weeks.

thunder wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:33:46 -0500, BAR wrote:


Where has all of the money gone that was collected in the form of taxes
that was to pay for the upkeep of the existing infrastructure? All of my
gasoline taxes did they get co-mingled in the general fund of the
federal government and the state governments?

Why do I have to pay three, four and five times for the same thing?
Legislators, bureaucrats and judges should be in jail.

Shouldn't you be asking that question of George Bush? He's the man who
was in charge the past eight years. Obama has only been President for 3
weeks.


The Republicans here didn't question much of anything Bush and Company
did the last eight years.

On Feb 12, 7:40*am, HK wrote:
thunder wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:33:46 -0500, BAR wrote:

Where has all of the money gone that was collected in the form of taxes
that was to pay for the upkeep of the existing infrastructure? All of my
gasoline taxes did they get co-mingled in the general fund of the
federal government and the state governments?

Why do I have to pay three, four and five times for the same thing?
Legislators, bureaucrats and judges should be in jail.

Shouldn't you be asking that question of George Bush? *He's the man who
was in charge the past eight years. *Obama has only been President for 3
weeks.

The Republicans here didn't question much of anything Bush and Company
did the last eight years.

Sure we did, you just can't tell the truth about it,,

"HK" wrote in message
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thunder wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:33:46 -0500, BAR wrote:


Where has all of the money gone that was collected in the form of taxes
that was to pay for the upkeep of the existing infrastructure? All of my
gasoline taxes did they get co-mingled in the general fund of the
federal government and the state governments?

Why do I have to pay three, four and five times for the same thing?
Legislators, bureaucrats and judges should be in jail.

Shouldn't you be asking that question of George Bush? He's the man who
was in charge the past eight years. Obama has only been President for 3
weeks.


The Republicans here didn't question much of anything Bush and Company did
the last eight years.


This would be absolutely hilarious.
If it weren't so serious.

thunder wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:33:46 -0500, BAR wrote:


Where has all of the money gone that was collected in the form of taxes
that was to pay for the upkeep of the existing infrastructure? All of my
gasoline taxes did they get co-mingled in the general fund of the
federal government and the state governments?

Why do I have to pay three, four and five times for the same thing?
Legislators, bureaucrats and judges should be in jail.

Shouldn't you be asking that question of George Bush? He's the man who
was in charge the past eight years. Obama has only been President for 3
weeks.

I was buying gas when Clinton was in office too, asshole.

wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:26:22 -0500, BAR wrote:

thunder wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:33:46 -0500, BAR wrote:


Where has all of the money gone that was collected in the form of taxes
that was to pay for the upkeep of the existing infrastructure? All of my
gasoline taxes did they get co-mingled in the general fund of the
federal government and the state governments?

Why do I have to pay three, four and five times for the same thing?
Legislators, bureaucrats and judges should be in jail.
Shouldn't you be asking that question of George Bush? He's the man who
was in charge the past eight years. Obama has only been President for 3
weeks.
I was an asshole when Clinton was in office too.


Yeah, we get that.

Nice edit job Harry Jr.

On Feb 12, 7:33*am, BAR wrote:
thunder wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:46:07 -0500, BAR wrote:

Infrastructure does not produce long term jobs. You can't keep pulling
money out of the economy and put it into infrastructure projects because
one day you will have no one to use the infrastructure. And, no more
economy to pull more money from.

Yeah, but it does produce jobs. *Building and maintaining infrastructure
is a fundamental role of government, and one that we have been ignoring
of late. *A lot of this stimulus package are projects the government
should be doing anyway.

Where has all of the money gone that was collected in the form of taxes
that was to pay for the upkeep of the existing infrastructure? All of my
gasoline taxes did they get co-mingled in the general fund of the
federal government and the state governments?

Why do I have to pay three, four and five times for the same thing?
Legislators, bureaucrats and judges should be in jail.

Don't worry, your money won't be going to infrastructure, less than 5%
of the bill is. Like John said, your money is going to the campaigns
of the dems and to their supporters. Everyone else be dammed...

wrote:
On Feb 12, 7:33 am, BAR wrote:
thunder wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:46:07 -0500, BAR wrote:
Infrastructure does not produce long term jobs. You can't keep pulling
money out of the economy and put it into infrastructure projects because
one day you will have no one to use the infrastructure. And, no more
economy to pull more money from.
Yeah, but it does produce jobs. Building and maintaining infrastructure
is a fundamental role of government, and one that we have been ignoring
of late. A lot of this stimulus package are projects the government
should be doing anyway.
Where has all of the money gone that was collected in the form of taxes
that was to pay for the upkeep of the existing infrastructure? All of my
gasoline taxes did they get co-mingled in the general fund of the
federal government and the state governments?

Why do I have to pay three, four and five times for the same thing?
Legislators, bureaucrats and judges should be in jail.

Don't worry, your money won't be going to infrastructure, less than 5%
of the bill is. Like John said, your money is going to the campaigns
of the dems and to their supporters. Everyone else be dammed...



"Like John said"?

Herring? The right-wing pimp?


snerk

wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:33:46 -0500, BAR wrote:

thunder wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:46:07 -0500, BAR wrote:


Infrastructure does not produce long term jobs. You can't keep pulling
money out of the economy and put it into infrastructure projects because
one day you will have no one to use the infrastructure. And, no more
economy to pull more money from.
Yeah, but it does produce jobs. Building and maintaining infrastructure
is a fundamental role of government, and one that we have been ignoring
of late. A lot of this stimulus package are projects the government
should be doing anyway.
Where has all of the money gone that was collected in the form of taxes
that was to pay for the upkeep of the existing infrastructure? All of my
gasoline taxes did they get co-mingled in the general fund of the
federal government and the state governments?


In Connecticut, many administrations in the past 40 years (mostly
republican) simply ignored infrastructure in order to appear to have a
balanced budget. Does "Mianus River Bridge" ring a bell? It should.

Deferred maintenance always comes back to bite you, and the eventual
cost is much higher than if it had been done when it was supposed to
be done.

Connecticut currently has MAJOR bridges that are in extremely poor
condition. Big chunks of concrete falling off, pins rusted through,
etc. Been that way for a LONG time. The current Governor (another
Rethuglican) hasn't done anythng to change that situation. She doesn't
want to fix bridges if it interferes with her imaginary "balanced
budget"




That would be the Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota solution...wait until the
bridge falls into the river.

wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:56:45 -0500, HK wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:33:46 -0500, BAR wrote:

thunder wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:46:07 -0500, BAR wrote:


Infrastructure does not produce long term jobs. You can't keep pulling
money out of the economy and put it into infrastructure projects because
one day you will have no one to use the infrastructure. And, no more
economy to pull more money from.
Yeah, but it does produce jobs. Building and maintaining infrastructure
is a fundamental role of government, and one that we have been ignoring
of late. A lot of this stimulus package are projects the government
should be doing anyway.
Where has all of the money gone that was collected in the form of taxes
that was to pay for the upkeep of the existing infrastructure? All of my
gasoline taxes did they get co-mingled in the general fund of the
federal government and the state governments?

In Connecticut, many administrations in the past 40 years (mostly
republican) simply ignored infrastructure in order to appear to have a
balanced budget. Does "Mianus River Bridge" ring a bell? It should.

Deferred maintenance always comes back to bite you, and the eventual
cost is much higher than if it had been done when it was supposed to
be done.

Connecticut currently has MAJOR bridges that are in extremely poor
condition. Big chunks of concrete falling off, pins rusted through,
etc. Been that way for a LONG time. The current Governor (another
Rethuglican) hasn't done anythng to change that situation. She doesn't
want to fix bridges if it interferes with her imaginary "balanced
budget"



That would be the Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota solution...wait until the
bridge falls into the river.

In Connecticut, they figure that it's a lot cheaper to work on bridges
when they are on the ground!


Safer, too. No scaffolding to fall off of into the cold water.