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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:24 AM Original message |
Cities lose out on road funds from stimulus |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wait a minute. Why aren't the cities' state representatives doing anything about this? |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. "spending disproportionately on rural areas" |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wasn't ost of this $$ to be for shovel ready projects? |
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Sadie5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Hmmmmm! |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Good. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Maybe cus 3/4 of the nation's economic activity takes place in metropolitan areas? |
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Carl Skan (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's pretty simple. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Straw man argument. We're not talking 100% vs. 0%. We're talking disproportionate allotments. |
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Carl Skan (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Do you even know what a straw man argument is? |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 04:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Demit patiently explains to Carl: |
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Carl Skan (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'll go slowly... |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I replied to a comment that said, "Good" (that cities were losing out on stimulus $ for roads) |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Do you live in a rural area? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. At least they are prodding the states to spend the money. |
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SnowCritter (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. Not in MN |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. No, over half the money is going to lay the groundwork for yet more exurban sprawl |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. Rural areas tend more to puggery, urban to demmery. |
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