DUPE: Report Blasts American Infrastructure (D+ Grade)

[RamboLiberal]

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http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030904_778.html

America's infrastructure is full of cracks, leaks and holes and is getting worse, according to an analysis by civil engineers that gives the nation's transportation, water and energy systems an overall grade of D-plus.

A report by the American Society of Civil Engineers released Thursday said the condition of 12 categories of infrastructure hasn't improved in the past two years. The report blamed a weak economy, limited federal programs, population growth and the threat of terrorism, which diverted money to security.

"Americans' concerns about security threats are real, but so are the threats posed by crumbling infrastructure," Thomas Jackson, ASCE president, said in a statement. "It doesn't matter if the dam fails because cracks have never been repaired or if it fails at the hands of a terrorist. The towns below the dam will still be devastated."

Schools received the worst grade D-minus from the engineers, who said three out of four school buildings are inadequate. They estimate it will cost more than $127 billion to build new classrooms and modernize outdated schools.

[BayCityProgressive]

1. We are too busy

privatizing everything to fix anything.

[gratuitous]

2. Unfortunately

Sorry, schools. Too bad, roads and bridges. Maybe you should hold a telethon, dams. Chimpy needs every last dime out of the federal treasury to line the pockets of the overrich and to make the next payment on the no-bid contracts to his cronies at Halliburton and Bechtel.

[bleedingheart]

4. No one cares ...

because if it isn't a road they use ..they don't want to pay for it..
If they have no children they don't want to pay for schools..
etc..etc...etc....

[dArKeR]

3. Amazing, that's Junior's GPA at Yale even after Papa gave the $20 Mil.

grant

[otohara]

5. Dupe - Locking

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