In the wake of the I-35 bridge collapse, people are reminding us that it's going to take 1.6 trillion dollars to bring the U.S.'s bridges and transportation infrastructure up to spec.
You'd think that after more than a decade of squeezing, squeezing, squeezing on government services, people would begin to realize what the true cost is: Collapsing bridges, contaminated food, uninspected imports, and more. And they'd begin to realize that the price of good government is worth it.
Today's "Question of the Day" at KTRH is:
If it meant raising your taxes, would you be willing to shell out the billions of dollars needed to upgrade U.S. bridges over the next year?
Raise your taxes, but fix broken bridges? Guess what Houstonians are saying.
72% say no, don't raise taxes.
I'd say they're going to get what they deserve, but, jeez. I live in this town. Their crepulence is going to fuck me up, too.
Posted by Greg at August 2, 2007 9:10 AM
Here is a totally random question: do you think the survey results would have been different (with the exact same question) if the I-35 bridge collapse had been caused by terrorists?
Logically you would expect the results would be an even strong "don't raise taxes" since the I-35 collapse wouldn't then be evidence of decaying infrastructure. I think this might not be the actual result, however...
I don't know. I don't think like a person who's afraid of terrorism.