U.S. Infrastructure Needs Seen at $1.6 Trillion .... (Our GDP is $10Tril)

[cthrumatrix]

U.S. Infrastructure Needs Seen at $1.6 Trillion
Thu Sep 4, 5:16 PM ET


By Christina Ling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just weeks after a massive blackout cut power to tens of millions of people in North America, a national engineering group warned on Thursday that much of the rest of the United States' infrastructure is also in dire need of overhaul.

The American Society of Civil Engineers said the total five-year cost of the work needed on items from roads to drinking water systems and schools has surged to $1.6 trillion from the $1.3 trillion it estimated two years ago.


"The lights go out on Broadway. What can happen if America fails to invest in its infrastructure? Anything," the group warned in a statement.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1896&e=15&u=/nm/economy_infrastructure_dc

What's your guess...is this for real? Or is this a "Rovian" plan to repay the *'s supporters?

[pansypoo53219]

1. WHICH WOULD BE

an INVESTMENT with return on a dollar AND create JOBS. remember those chimperor? the things you seem only to destroy.

[SharonAnn]

2. OK, cancel the tac cut and invest in this. It works! And we'd work!

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