Thread: U. S. INFRASTRUCTURE DECAY: COST $2.2 TRILLION

U. S. INFRASTRUCTURE DECAY: COST $2.2 TRILLION

By Frosty Wooldridge
January 31, 2011
NewsWithViews.com

In this report on America’s challenges for the 21st century, William Dickinson, director of The Biocentric Institute, exposes underlying realities facing America. You may access much of the information here. http://www.iapm.org/biocentric.htm

You may appreciate that the United States continues to grow by adding 3.1 million immigrants annually, but in the process, it must shell out $346 billion to care for their education, medical, housing, food and amenities across 15 federal agencies. Meanwhile, our infrastructure rots, disintegrates and breaks down often.

The water and sewages systems in our older cities like New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, New Orleans and many more exceed 100 years of age. While we wage warrantless wars and reconstruct other nations, our own country falls into disrepair as bridges crumble, roads crack into pieces and buildings decay. Much like the 68 percent of Americans that suffer from weight problems that will cost them at some point—America’s infrastructure faces the same fate.

As we steam full speed into the 21st century Mr. Dickinson, what parts of America’s infrastructure need attention?

“Infrastructure is one of those words -- such as process, paradigm, challenges -- that cause a reader’s eyes to glaze over,â€

I can't tell you how po'd I get when I hear about all the rebuilding we are doing in other countries. We are rebuilding Iraq which will be much much better then it was before the war. They will have better schools and hospitals then we do, or probably ever will.
It's time for America to stop paying to rebuild other countries. If we fight a war for them it should be on their dime, not ours. They should pay for our troops to be there and help them. Plus any other costs incurred. Them let them rebuild their own country.
As much as we have helped all these other countries what do we get back? Do they support us? Not in any way, shape or form. Do they consider paying us back by lowering our oil bills? Nope! They put the screws to us at every turn.
Time to close the purse strings. We can't buy their thanks, and they don't offer any.