Americans have been squandering the infrastructure legacy bequeathed to us by earlier generations... Many of the great public works projects of the 20th century—dams and canal locks, bridges and tunnels, aquifers and aqueducts, and even the Eisenhower interstate highway system—are at or beyond their designed life span. -- Stephen Flynn

Bridges... don’t vote... It has already been calculated that it is cheaper to pay off the aggrieved after a New Orleans drowns, or a Minneapolis’ primary bridge falls into the river, than to actually fix our ancient infrastructure systems - since doing so would divert too much money from the more politically attractive system of direct bribes to voter segments.
-- Bill Quick

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