Infrastructure Report by State

[Into the Night]

How bad is your state’s infrastructure?

https://infrastructurereportcard.org...nfrastructure/

Looking at this report, every Congress critter should be on board for passing the infrastructure bill.

The 'infrastructure' bill is not about infrastructure.

[Into the Night]

Wasn't NASA a 'State Owned Enterprise'?

Yes. They didn't built a single spacecraft either. Private companies did that.

Public Schools: State owned, Paid by the State, Free to everyone. Is that socialism?

Yes. These same schools are also notorious for putting out graduates that are illiterate.

How about Hoover Dam?

Built by a private consortium. All of the equipment in the powerhouses were also built by private companies.
Today, the dam is operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, part of the Dept of Interior (same folks that created the National Park system).

People who buy the water or electrical power from this operation do so voluntarily. Capitalism.

[Into the Night]

Hello Cypress,



And the problem with socialism is, let me guess, all the scary things the right says about it?

Yes.

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Well, our railroads are good, anyways...

No. They cost much more than they need to to move material. Passenger service is horrible. It's almost non-existent across much the country now.

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The Tennessee Valley Authority brought electricity to the rubes

TVA a federally-owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia.

Not quite.

Every bit of those wires, switches, transformers, fuses, circuit breakers, towers, poles, etc. are built by private companies.

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The trains running on time?

They don't.

[Into the Night]

you are ignoring the BPA

Like the TVA, every bit of the equipment used by the BPA is built by private companies. Ever wire, every switch, every fuse, every transformer, every tower, every pole, etc.

People buy power voluntarily from both organizations. Capitalism.

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Mussolini got the trains to run on time by vastly reducing the service


Think about that

So...he got the trains to run 'on time' by not running them at all!

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"Why was the Bonneville Power Administration created?
​Congress created BPA in 1937 to deliver and sell the power from Bonneville Dam. ... During that time, Congress authorized BPA to sell and deliver power from more federal dams on the Columbia and its tributaries."

OK. Thanks.

...and people buy that power voluntarily. Capitalism.

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why are you always needing to be a moron? This has been explained, all you had to do is come down from your opioid stupor.

Yes. It has been explained. The Oligarchy is broke. Ole' Joe will have to print dollars to pay for the 'infrastructure' bill which isn't even about infrastructure. Printing dollars with no corresponding increase in wealth being created causes inflation.

[T. A. Gardner]

Yes. They didn't built a single spacecraft either. Private companies did that.

Not completely true. The Mercury program launched on Redstone and Atlas missiles. Redstone was built by the Redstone arsenal in Alabama, a government entity. Atlas was an entirely government funded program originally to build an ICBM.

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I only know one person who works for the railroad and his name isn't Mussolini.

I know about a dozen, personally. I used to work on the railroad. It was a privately owned railroad.

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Not completely true. The Mercury program launched on Redstone and Atlas missiles. Redstone was built by the Redstone arsenal in Alabama, a government entity. Atlas was an entirely government funded program originally to build an ICBM.

Nope. Chrysler Corp built the Redstone rocket. All of them. The first were built at the Redstone arsenal by Chrysler. The Atlas rocket was built by Lockheed-Martin.
Even the fuel for these rockets were manufactured by private corporations. Both the Redstone and Atlas are capable of ICBM use.

[T. A. Gardner]

Nope. Chrysler Corp built the Redstone rocket. All of them. The first were built at the Redstone arsenal by Chrysler. The Atlas rocket was built by Lockheed-Martin.
Even the fuel for these rockets were manufactured by private corporations. Both the Redstone and Atlas are capable of ICBM use.

Redstone designed and assembled the rockets. Chrystler built the airframe, Rocketdyne the engine. Sperry-Rand the guidance system. This isn't uncommon, but the design was one of the few that actually used Paperclip ex-Nazi engineers on the design team and was designed in a government facility. It was chosen for its reliability more than any other reason. It is one of a very few rockets the government designed. Most were designed and produced by contractors.

[Jack]

Yes. They didn't built a single spacecraft either. Private companies did that.

Yes. These same schools are also notorious for putting out graduates that are illiterate.

Built by a private consortium. All of the equipment in the powerhouses were also built by private companies.
Today, the dam is operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, part of the Dept of Interior (same folks that created the National Park system).

People who buy the water or electrical power from this operation do so voluntarily. Capitalism.

I'm glad you are able to accept 'Central Planning' by the Government. For the Good of the People.
Next ... you will be able to comprehend 'National Champions'. Where Government works with certain Industries.
(I'm sure you agree that Fighter Jets, Nuclear Submarines, etc. should be built by American Companies in America)