Stuffed into the Senate Transportation/HUD appropriations bill are pork projects which include $1 million for a pedestrian and bike path in Louisiana (Landrieu), $3 million for hiking and bike trails in Illinois (Durbin and Obama), $200,000 for a parking garage in Provo, Utah (Hatch), $200,000 to convert an old post office into a museum in Las Vegas (Reid), $200,000 to convert an old bank in Suffolk, Virginia, into a museum (Warner and Webb), $250,000 to construct a museum to promote economic development and tourism in downtown Peoria, Illinois (Durbin), and $200,000 for the establishment of a multicultural museum in Beckley, West Virginia (Byrd).
How any of that money prevents more American bridges from collapsing is anyone’s guess.
Posted on August 8th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: National
Bush is so right on this issue; the first step is not to increase the gas tax, it is for Congress to realistically prioritize spending on a needs analysis of our infastructure needs and not use the money as a voting “bribe” or as a jobs program!