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I don't understand this mindset. You have to start somewhere. You NEED to start somewhere. And I hope you realize that lots of compromise had to be made with the Republicans and moderate Democrats in drafting these bills. It's the only way to have a productive US government.
I would have a little bit of optimism if they were able to even finish off a single high speed rail track that started since 2008, yet has not been finished all the while wasting what is virtually 1/10th of Biden's infrastructure budget.
I typed in "high speed rail before and after" on Google Images and the fact this picture I found starts in 2008, just like California's failed project, should give you an idea on how things will go in the future with Biden's infrastructure plan:
According to this US infrastructure grading report, it says the infrastructure with the highest grade in the country is rail... and look what happened in Ohio. Not just in Ohio, but there was also multiple other derailments that happened in the same week such as the one in Texas and North Carolina.
The whole thing is broken at the fundamental level and the
military industrial complex is stifling development and people's lives. I know another thing that relates to stifling of development that affects average people; you want to know why American cities are famous for having one of worst urban sprawl and lack of walkability? It's because the oil and car companies lobbied the government to block any development plans on public transport and trains just to enrich the oil and car companies who hold the most influence on urban planning.
The cities were made for cars, not people, and it contributed to Detroit's urban decline (I know it's not the main thing, but it made the infrastructure financially unsustainable due to how inefficient it is).
Not Just Bikes explains this corrupt scam better than me:
The point is the decline will still continue unless everyone unites against the insanity going on lately because it's unsustainable.
There's a saying that a civilisation collapses when Empire neglects the Republic. Well, the current Biden government is currently focusing too much on Empire, completely ignoring Ohio's poisoned river that people drink out of and is home to 10% of the population in the country. The Republic is beyond rotten and corrupt now.
So Biden wasn't Obama's VP? He didn't try to stop the wars? I didn't see him do the bare minimum of calling out Obama, and instead he does the complete opposite multiple times in other wars such as when he voted to support Bush's invasion of Iraq (based on lies about WMD's) and any other wars. Before the bombs dropped on Libya, it was the most developed country in Africa and the UN's data proves this.
Now slavery is thriving in Libya (yes, actual slavery, there's news videos about this).
Shouldn't the Arab people have the right to live in peace? Why does there have to be a dismissal over bombing innocent civilians?
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I can definitely understand the frustration with not getting proper healthcare or free/affordable colleges in this country. And the military spending does seem to be very problematic when so many people struggle immensely inside the US. But let's make no mistake about it, the only thing that is keeping many dangerous dictators from acting too much is the formidable threat of military action by the US.
As it stands right now, the US is probably not very efficient with the money it spends on the military (or anything else really TBH), so you could probably cut it by a lot and still be as powerful. But I'm also under no illusion that many major countries like Russia and especially China are just waiting for the US to lag behind in military research (DARPA), leave their military bases in foreign countries and cut their military power by a significant amount. The US military with all its shortcomings and bad decisions that have led to countless deaths and questionable interventionism is also the one thing that has kept this world much more stable for the past 70 years than it would otherwise be.
Bombing the middle east kept the world more stable? The war on terror did the opposite and created more terrorism right after the invasion of Iraq which both Bush (R) and Biden (D) voted for as you can see here. Then it rose even faster with Libya in 2011. It also led to the worst refugee crisis:
The people of Iraq did not want to be invaded. Even the minority that wanted the invasion regret it; search on YouTube "I toppled Saddam's statue – now I want him back" by the BBC. Many Iraqis confirm life is much worse for them now and not improving; recently the protesters are shooting rocket launchers at government buildings.
There's no good reason today to support wasting tax money on endless wars, sacrificing our soldiers for nothing and bombing innocent civilians, then neglecting the poor back home because that's nothing but pure chaos.
Soon the bombs will come home as imperial boomerang is a real thing. Bombings have been used against people in Philadelphia before which is also home to the slum of Kensington Avenue where many die openly on the streets. The war machine has no issue bombing both Iraqi and American citizens as it has done both with no remorse.
The 2020 civil unrest and January 6th shows the conditions are boiling which correlates with the surge in violence for the past while, especially with the insane amount of mass shootings this year which is projected to hit an all time record.
It's not going to end unless the Empire stops neglecting the Republic.
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On this I agree, I do feel like the Biden administration has been slow on picking up on this story. I'm not sure why it took the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg a long time to comment on this environmental disaster. A massive clean-up effort should be prioritized first. Investigations can wait.
Trump deregulatory policy was one of my biggest issues with him and I feel this is a consequence of that and this is what happens when you let companies run amok without any regulatory measures. I don't know understand why Biden hasn't yet to bring back some of the regulations that was done under Obama. It's the same BS with Net Neutrality. Trump's admin repeals it, but Biden has yet to reinstate it despite his promise to do so. Hate seeing corporations wining out like this.
Even with Trump's deregulation efforts and weak response from Biden, I do wish state governorships would show more responsibility in their leadership by enforcing their own set of environmental and health laws/regulations. I mean, we are talking about a republican governorship here, you know the states rights people.
Over and out.
If Trump finally arrives in Ohio as he said he would, then there's no excuse for Biden. It's time to stop tolerating the madness and start demanding answers about the disaster in Ohio and the wars. If America, USSR, Britain and China can set aside their differences to unite against the the axis in WW2, then why can't the same thing be done here? The water and food supply is important and a 3-year-old girl was hospitalised and diagnosed with a lung condition breathing in East Palestine's air.
The left and right united at a anti-war rally in DC recently shows people are getting fed up and sick of the wars and the abandonment of the poor.
What's the point ignoring Flint's residents not being able to get the basic need of clean safe drinking water without lead poisoning? What's the point of ignoring the people of Skid Row LA + Tenderloin SF + Kensington Avenue who can't have basic shelter? What's the point of ignoring the people of Detroit who can't walk around safe at night or people who fear mass shootings in public places?
None of this is normal in many countries with less resources so I'm not going to accept in any excuse for failure.
I don't care how much better Biden is than Trump because he's not the president now and most importantly I don't want to tolerate the poisoned water and food supply in the Midwest which is also the most fertile area in the country.
If you don't stand for something, then you will fall for anything.
If you tolerate drinking Ohio's water and eating the chemical tainted food that causes cancer, because at least Trump isn't president, then you stand for nothing. A principle is only a principle if you stick to it all the way.
Biden had 2 years to fix the train tracks and the axles on the trains but he apparently he did very little or nothing with his infrastructure plan to date. I don't particularly like reading your long posts as you said I was in a tribalistic bubble on one of your posts. That sounded quite arrogant to me. When I used the search feature on tinnitus talk you were the only one to use that phrase ever apparently.
Biden put more effort in reversing Trump's transgender bill straight away. I don't know why; maybe he wanted to be progressive by giving the Iraqi and Syrian muslims a treat by bombing them with LGBT missiles?
This thread divides us too much.
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