From a NY Times article about two bridges that were approved under the House transportation plan. Why are these in the bill: because Don Young and Ted Stevens are powerful beyond ability and measure.
Tell us about this bridge please: "It would connect this economically depressed, rain-soaked town of 7,845 people to an island that has about 50 residents and the area's airport, which offers six flights a day (a few more in summer). It could cost about $200 million."
But how about something more absurd: "The other bridge would span an inlet for nearly two miles to tie Anchorage to a port that has a single regular tenant and almost no homes or businesses. It would cost up to $2 billion." 2 billion. Thank god we have the highest literacy rate in the world, and the best healthcare, available to the greatest number, and the most well funded artists in teh world....oh wait we don't---then maybe this bridge for one fucking person can wait. maybe it can wait, oh I don't know until we don't have children starving. Just a thought.
A rebuttal:
It's not a good way to legislate, although I got a lot of stuff in it," Mr. Young told The Anchorage Daily News in December. "I mean I stuffed it like a turkey."
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