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In response to "US roads & water systems get a D. will take 2.2 trillion to fix them -- (link)" by pigby

"say the engineers, who would get a piece of the pie in working on the repairs."

Posted by Dr.Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) Jan 27 '09, 23:12

I'm guessing "everything's pretty good" doesn't look too good on a funding request.

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find me someone who isn't an engineer who would be qualified to write the same reoprt. - znufrii Jan 28, 05:51
Let's see...massive #'s of water main breaks, bridges in disrepair etcetcetc - Will Hunting Jan 28, 05:31
as a Civil Engineer who's looked at the report, I'd say it's in the ballpark. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 04:11
yes, it's the giant conspiracy to overstate how crappy our infrastructure is to rip off John Q. Taxpayer - pigby Jan 27, 23:16 6
- I'd much rather throw insane amounts of money at our infrastructure than continue to throw it at a continually failing banking sector. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 23:47 4
  - At least we'd get something tangible out of it. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 27, 23:52 1
    - I am surprised it's taking Tyler Durden this long to complete Project Mayhem. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 23:54
  - as would i - pigby Jan 27, 23:49 1
    - Sane amounts? Bah! That's perposterious! I demand insane amounts and superfluious legislation immedately! -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 23:51
- And it would have worked, too, if it wasn't for those pesky kids. Our plan was sheer elegance in its simplicity. -- nm - Mustachioed Structural Engineers Jan 27, 23:20
You say that as though you don't support infrastructure upgrades. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 23:12 4
- I'm saying consider the source when evaluating the urgency of the request. - Dr.Vermin Jan 27, 23:15 3
  - There are only so many grains of salt you can throw at a problem before you get crushed by a fuckton of sodium chloride. - Beryllium Jan 27, 23:19 2
    - what's a fuckton in metric? -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 00:47
    - I can agree with this. - Dr.Vermin Jan 27, 23:22

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