Most Americans are too busy with their
daily lives for politics. But maybe when a bridge falls killing their
neighbors it will wake them up. A crumbling infrastructure is coming
to a bridge or gas line near you. You can't hide.
You Can't Have a Functioning Democracy Without High Quality
Infrastructure
Earlier this week, Josh and
Vanessa Ellis and their 8-month-old son Hudson were killed after
debris from a highway overpass in Bonney Lake, Washington
fell onto their pickup truck as they were driving through.
According to authorities, a large piece of
concrete barrier fell from the overpass onto the Ellis' truck.
The overpass was undergoing a construction project at the time.
The tragic deaths of Josh, Vanessa and
Hudson Ellis are yet another reminder that US infrastructure is
literally crumbling.
Take our nation's bridges and tunnels for example.
Right now, there are over 600,000 bridges in the US that have been
labeled as "structurally deficient."
In 2013, a bridge on I-5 in Washington State collapsed, sending
three people plunging into a river.
More here:
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30267-you-can-t-have-a-functioning-democracy-without-high-quality-infrastructure
How long will we allow our government
to spend on redundant military equipment and boondoggles or give the
wealthy tax breaks while ignoring our crumbling infrastructure.
If you think your safety and our national security is important, think
infrastructure.
