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Delarage

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 10:27 PM Apr 2021

GOP Argues Government Shouldn't Decide Which Bridges Succeed or Fail (The Onion)

[link:https://www.theonion.com/gop-argues-government-shouldn-t-be-deciding-which-bridg-1846591823|

In response to the $2 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled by President Joe Biden this week, Republicans on Capitol Hill spent much of Thursday arguing that it shouldn’t be up to the government to decide whether bridges succeed or fail. “We here in Washington should not be in the business of picking winners and losers when it comes to which highway overpasses maintain their integrity and which collapse, killing dozens of innocent motorists,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
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GOP Argues Government Shouldn't Decide Which Bridges Succeed or Fail (The Onion) (Original Post) Delarage Apr 2021 OP
I written this twice today, the christofascists don't believe in new infrastructure unless... Thomas Hurt Apr 2021 #1
WTF is he talking about? Time for dementia test. rickyhall Apr 2021 #2
It's from The Onion Delarage Apr 2021 #3

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
1. I written this twice today, the christofascists don't believe in new infrastructure unless...
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 10:31 PM
Apr 2021

it fails catastrophically and kills dozens. Until people die, the bridge is just fine....(smh) This isn't satire.

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