"The United States of Disrepair," how true it is. In my area of the country (Midwest), we had one of the local bridges (that supports an Interstate Highway) shut-down several years ago, in an emergency situation, because they had discovered that it was extremely unsafe to use. It could have easily been too late too, and we've obviously had others bridges fail, causing loss of life. It's not as if this great country is too poor to maintain our infrastructure, either.
I've never traveled out of the country, so I can't speak from personal experience, but it was my understanding that many countries had much (overall) faster/more consistent Internet service than the US, even before coming across this post. The US should at least be on par.
It's sad to see what the US actually is, compared to what it could (and should) actually be...minus such waste, and corruption. I love my country, but we need to turn things around, in many aspects!
It's very sad when the government is more 'problem-than-solution,' but that's far too often the case. Our Federal Government is bloated, inefficient, and extremely wasteful, at least.
Thanks for your post, and you have a new follower.
didn't Obama spend a few TRILLION dollars on infrastructure repair in the early part of his first term?
Yeah, he spent a bunch, but nothing around here, evidently. Maybe he was buying ammunition for Chicago? They seem to never run out.
The way I see it is; humans are flawed, EXTREMELY flawed. As long as you have governments made up of humans, you're gonna get some corrupt, power-hungry monsters that grow. Every large government that comes to mind is out of control. The US, just like most all of them, has done, and continues to some heinous acts. We're told that we're spreading freedom and democracy, but it sure looks an awful lot like death and destruction.
We should have plenty of money in order to keep our infrastructure maintained, but there's never enough money. Always many trillions for war, however. I wonder who's next, Fiji? Micronesia? I bet we can take both of them at the same time, with (3) aircraft carriers tied behind our back. We could steal all their coconuts.
humans are NOT flawed.
any organization larger than the cognosphere is.
the Iron law of bureaucracy..
governments are insane.
I always liked the H.L. Mencken line on that: "The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable."
That's pretty much the conclusion that I've arrived at.
You'll get no argument from me. I'm 57, and I've never experienced this general level of contempt for the government, by the masses. It's not a Trump thing, or Obama thing - it's a GOVERNMENT and BANKERS THING! It's always the same old story; increased spending, watch the trillions disappear into the 'Black Hole' of The Pentagon, and war...LOTS of WAR! There's always money for war! This ridiculous 'War on Terror' is complete insanity. May as well have a war on, 'Bad Stuff.' How the hell would you even know if you'd won a 'War on Terror?' Does the head terrorist send out a Tweet saying, "You won, terror lost?" I say we have a 'War on War.' The 'War on Drugs' went so well, let's keep going! No drugs here. It's very much about having PERPETUAL WAR, that's where the money is. Keep dropping the bombs, killing the children, and watch the money roll in!
We could at least just keep paying the weapons manufacturers and just drop the bombs in a volcano, instead of on innocent people. If I lived in the Middle East, I'd probably hate the US too. Why wouldn't they when we keep dropping bombs on their families, friends, and homes?
We are very much existing in '1984.' (The book)