Which do taxpayers prefer to fund?
A freeway bridge over the Mississippi river collapsed in Minneapolis last night. Not only did this interrupt the Minnesota Twins' baseball season, but four motorists are confirmed dead, with up to thirty missing. Perhaps it is a good time, then, to reassess priorities and refocus our collective attention:
Spending so far on the war in Iraq: $448,593,276,851
Spending on inspecting and maintaining the I-35W bridge: ?
Number of deaths in Minnesota history caused by terrorists: 0
Number of deaths in Minnesota,
Spending so far on the war in Iraq: $448,593,276,851
Spending on inspecting and maintaining the I-35W bridge: ?
Number of deaths in Minnesota history caused by terrorists: 0
Number of deaths in Minnesota,
caused by the collapse of the I-35W bridge: Up to 34
Before continuing to venture abroad to fight bogeymen who are either figments of the national imagination, or created only by our aggression itself, perhaps the US should begin to tend its own garden. And stop public funding for the construction of billionaire Carl Pohlad's new Twins stadium immediately. Minnesotans need the money for a new bridge.
Before continuing to venture abroad to fight bogeymen who are either figments of the national imagination, or created only by our aggression itself, perhaps the US should begin to tend its own garden. And stop public funding for the construction of billionaire Carl Pohlad's new Twins stadium immediately. Minnesotans need the money for a new bridge.
