04-04-2017, 07:28 PM
(04-04-2017, 06:35 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I think a big problem with infrastructure today is, isn't it all union work now? Unions were good in the past when they were needed, but after this long of fighting for more pay for less work, we've gotten to the point where projects just take far too long and cost far too much.
Look at that bridge in Atlanta that collapsed from the fire. 350ft of interstate needs to be replaced. It is going to take multiple months and they have set aside $10m to fix it.
Think about that. 350ft of interstate will take multiple months and cost $10m. Are they hand crafting this shit out of marble carried by foot from the mine?
Meanwhile in 55 BC, the Romans built a 1,000 ft bridge across a river that was 30ft deep to march 40,000 people and their supplies across it. It took them 10 days.
It's definitely not all union. Unions are all but non-existent in some states, Virginia included. What unions do exist are tiny and don't have near the power they do in other states.
As for the cost and the time, there are a lot of things the general public doesn't think about included in a project like that. If we were to create a temporary structure to get troops across a river, the SeaBees or the Army CoE could do it in a matter of hours, most likely. But a project like this is a much more complicated endeavor.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
