Failing US Infrastructure
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- ZOOP0
Ummm... getting back to the core of this thread, my thought is some kind of materials donation program, along with a federal work program, can make a big difference. Since we happen to have the world's largest prison population, using the less violent offenders as a labor force might be an idea as well, offering a small wage, and the possibility of a shortened sentence for participants as well. The prison labor issue is a very slippery slope though, as this might give incentive to incarcerate even more of the populous.
- dorf0
there is NO way to fix the infrastructure.
I dunno that the US will collapse though. the greedy/vile politicians will find a way to manipulate the system and delay the impending doom. It's also in the best interest of the world for the US economy not to tank. If it does, china will lose all those trillions of dollars it bought.
- duhsign0
can't find the first world problems thread so this will have to do.
I just came up finally and inherited the aeron chair when a coworker went missing for a few weeks. Here's my problem. Damn aerons don't muffle your farts like the thick crappy kind do. So now I have to try and make them all either silent or super quiet. Sucks!!!
First world problem.
- BRNK0
Move out of the fucking suburbs, don't go to them, don't support big box stores or the suburban way of life. Buy local, work within walking/biking distance and use public transit. If we geographically condensed to the density that Europe is, we'd have no problem.
Suburban sprawl is a fucking virus; requiring people to consume massive amounts of energy on a daily basis; destroy culture and any sense of civic space; disconnecting people from their neighbors; and making sustainable, local living impossible. The suburbs are a result of a late 40's/early 50's mentality of infinite energy and need to be abandoned post-haste.
- ZOOP0
Here's your tax dollars at work, going to save the elite.
- plash0
for us in chicago, we gotta deal Mob Attacks (punk ass kids) fucking people up for androids and iphones.
- this to me is the failing US Infrastructure; when parents buy everything for their child..plash
- the have nots will kill for the haves..plash
- A million Iraqi civilians dead, yes the have-nots are definitely killing for the haves.ZOOP
- we wage war for oil under the guide of "protecting our freedom" so Jane Smith can tote her kid around in an Excursion.CanHasQBN
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- CanHasQBN0
^ plash, however unfortunate that incident, it's completely trivial compared to the gigantic mess our entire country is in, and the messes we create in other countries in order to sustain our selfish and greedy ways of living.
- monNom0
you know, all the infrastructure doesn't need to be replaced all at once... a trillion here, a trillion there, it all shakes out eventually.
- hydro740
we'll be fine once Neo wins...
- ZOOP0
This might help :)
- ZOOP0
- benfal990
Just blame Obama
- 39steps0
Matthew Taylor will save the world http://www.thersa.org/about-us . but seriously - education system first and foremost - people won't change unless they learn they can from the beginning.
- RumperChunk0
I'd be fucking surprised if humans can collectively pull together to solve anything. It's no ones fault in particular, people are naturally selfish and are deeply suspicious of change.