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Fix US InfraStructure for 2 Weeks in Iraq |
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Contributed by J. R. Ransom
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 Peter DeFazio Fix US InfraStructure for 2 Weeks in Iraq Video (1min 18sec): Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio makes a very short pitch that illustrates one way the Iraq War helps to weaken America. Our grandchildren's children will be paying for this war, and suffering it's many other consequences at the same time. "...That's the attitude that brought about the bridge collapse in Minnesota. President Bush told us we couldn't have a penny more to invest in the infrastructure of this country, even though we knew crumbling. The Democrats had a list of all the insufficient bridges in the country, but the president said, "No, we can't afford it. Not a penny more. Do you know what it would cost to catch up with our bridge problem over the next twenty years? We'd have to invest a lot of money, an incredible amount of money. Two weeks in Iraq every year is what it would take to fix the bridge problem..."
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