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Originally Posted by xtb
I remember when Obama spent almost $1 trillion on an infrastructure bill to spend on "shovel ready" jobs. He later admitted that there were no shovel ready jobs.
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You must just be upset as where you live did not see any benefit. When I was in Riverside Ca. a 3 mile or so section of SR-60 got a decorative sound barrier wall and off ramps widened, no more chain link fence and weeds. They replaced the weeds with decorative rock. There were signs up that it was financed by the American Recovery Act or whatever the hell it was. The job was shovel ready, the only thing torn down was chain link fencing.
I am sure the rattlesnakes, jack rabbits, and coyotes that live in the area greatly benefited from not having to listen to highway noise. That area will never be developed because in California the land owner is responsible for toxic waste clean up even if they were not the polluter. The area is contaminated from run off from the String Fellow Acid Pits and is frequented by people illegally dumping trash and toxic waste. The ground water is contaminated. That whole stretch has a grand total of one structure, a Shell Gas Station Mini mart. The ramps they widened might get 20 cars an hour, using them I rarely had anyone in front of me.
The moral of the story, they could have just paid the construction workers to stay home for a couple months, and saved the cost of building materials, fuel and equipment maintenance.
California has a high instance of illegal dumping, obviously due to the fact dumping fees are sky high and toxic waste disposal is expensive and requires a bunch of paperwork. The fire department can walk in your business anytime and search the premises for chemicals you should not
have and ask for your waste disposal records. They can also dole out fines.
Many a business owner has made the false assumption you can use anything in your business sold at the local Home Depot, that is incorrect.
By the way F**K California, we should sell it back to Mexico for $1.