Tuesday, August 30, 2016

The Price of Decay - America in Gridlock


WHAT IS THE MONEY EXTORTED FROM AMERICANS WAGES, SOCIAL SECURITY, ETC BEING SPENT FOR?  WAR - WAR AND MORE WAR
WHILE OUR NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE
IS FALLING APART


 Blueprint America: America in Gridlock
The Price of Decay



In Pennsylvania, there are nearly 6,000 bridges in disrepair -- the most in the nation. According to the Federal Highway Administration, 39 percent of bridges in the state are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. In the first segment of a five part series on infrastructure in the U.S., PBS NewsHour Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez reports with Blueprint America on Pennsylvania's aging bridges.
A Train Journey Through A Decaying America


The train ride from Washington D.C. to New York is a journey through a landscape of urban decay and sights that many travelers ignore while they read their newspapers or have their eyes on their laptops or cellphones.
Ride the rails for a few minutes and see what I saw from my window



 Driven to Decline: Interstate Highways, 
Suburbanization, and Urban Decay



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Most people reading this forum are already aware that not a penny of tax money goes toward infrastructure maintenance and construction. The stuff is crumbling because they just choose not to fix it.

JMHO - YMMV

DS