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This article is about how Minnesota wants a large part of the stimulus pie for "infrastructure"
I know that Minnesota is not the only state that has come a beggin at the Stimulus trough and they won't be the last. The big issue that I have is that they sit there with a straight face and tell everyone about how many jobs it is going to "create"
There are only a few companies that have the know-how, and equipment, and are willing to jump through the bureaucratic hoops to do public works projects. Most of the skill labor is out there and already employed. The only jobs that will be "created" are the unskilled kind that are predominately being done by immigrants. These jobs are also temporary. Once the project is done, they move on to the next project in the next county or state.
They are also looking for money to cover the costs of projects that should have been done years ago. Our infrastructure was mainly built in the 40's through the 60's. this means that most of it is hitting 50-70 years old and should have been replaced ages ago, but replacing water mains and bridges and gas lines isn't sexy and they tend to piss people off since you have to rip up roads and turn off power and water and such to do them. They cost alot of money and no one likes a politician that spends money on stuff they can't see. So roads get a new coat of asphalt, and pot holes get filled, while water mains bust and bridges collapse.
The politicians for the past several decades have done us an injustice in that they spent our money on silly little projects instead of on what really mattered because they wanted people to "see" that they were doing things, and a four lane road named after you shows your constiuents that you care. The Roman politicians of old may have been corrupt, but they understood that infrastructure is what allows a country to accomplish great things.
Minnesota mayors are looking for more than $805 million for roads, schools, libraries and other development projects, and state officials have identified about 200 transportation projects worth $950 million, with the potential for 23,365 new jobs
I know that Minnesota is not the only state that has come a beggin at the Stimulus trough and they won't be the last. The big issue that I have is that they sit there with a straight face and tell everyone about how many jobs it is going to "create"
There are only a few companies that have the know-how, and equipment, and are willing to jump through the bureaucratic hoops to do public works projects. Most of the skill labor is out there and already employed. The only jobs that will be "created" are the unskilled kind that are predominately being done by immigrants. These jobs are also temporary. Once the project is done, they move on to the next project in the next county or state.
They are also looking for money to cover the costs of projects that should have been done years ago. Our infrastructure was mainly built in the 40's through the 60's. this means that most of it is hitting 50-70 years old and should have been replaced ages ago, but replacing water mains and bridges and gas lines isn't sexy and they tend to piss people off since you have to rip up roads and turn off power and water and such to do them. They cost alot of money and no one likes a politician that spends money on stuff they can't see. So roads get a new coat of asphalt, and pot holes get filled, while water mains bust and bridges collapse.
The politicians for the past several decades have done us an injustice in that they spent our money on silly little projects instead of on what really mattered because they wanted people to "see" that they were doing things, and a four lane road named after you shows your constiuents that you care. The Roman politicians of old may have been corrupt, but they understood that infrastructure is what allows a country to accomplish great things.
posted by davis14633 at 07:28
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