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Why is Biden saying feds will pay for bridge rebuild?

Posted on 3/27/24 at 7:59 am
Posted by skeeter531
Member since Jun 2014
2411 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 7:59 am
If there's already a post I apologize--I looked but didn't see one.
Shouldn't the shipping company have INSURANCE? Why would Joe immediately offer for the feds to pay for all of it? Could it possibly be because an insurance company would do a full investigation to see if they were actually liable? (if terrorism involved, I'd think insurance company wouldn't have to pay? Or would they?)
Posted by Damone
FoCo
Member since Aug 2016
32966 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:01 am to
LOL @ thinking there will be anywhere near enough insurance to go around

Also, wasn’t the bridge destroyed due to interstate commerce? That’s basically the Feds job.
Posted by FearTheFish
Member since Dec 2007
3777 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:01 am to
Election year promises that will never be fulfilled.
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
15306 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:17 am to
I say get the damned replacement built. It is something the feds can do well because the feds have big money. Then let the lawsuits fly. What will be of interest is how quickly they can rebuild the bridge. It should be our latest Panama Canal moment. Get it built well and fast.
This post was edited on 3/27/24 at 8:18 am
Posted by Athis
Member since Aug 2016
11792 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:18 am to
So they can have their kickbacks. Feds pay a bloated bill to fix the bridge.. money back to politicians... Feds hands the bloated bill to insurance company and they say this is what we will pay... Feds say okay... Taxpayers foot the rest of the bill...
Posted by SantaFe
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
6625 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:20 am to
This is not new.

Biden is still a liar and every other word he utters is a falsehood.

Repairs to interstates and US highways has been partly been paid with federal monies for many decades now.
Most highway projects in Louisiana are mostly paid by the federal government, in the end it is our tax revenue that foots the bill.
xiden is still a liar and a deceiver.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
21999 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:20 am to
quote:

Shouldn't the shipping company have INSURANCE?
They're going to end up paying out the policy max limits and still be woefully short. They're going to be sued into oblivion by the families of the deceased and injured. The bridge itself is easily going to cost over a billion dollars to replace. Plus the costs to clear the debris from the collapsed bridge to get it out of the shipping channels. Plus businesses in and around the port that are forced to shut down until the port is operational again.

The bridge is part of the interstate system. The port handles interstate commerce. Doubtful that the city or the state has an extra $1-2 billion in extra cash just sitting around that they can use to get the bridge rebuilt ASAP. Biden does plenty of retarded shite on a daily basis, but this ain't one I can really complain about
Posted by jrodLSUke
Premium
Member since Jan 2011
22300 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:21 am to
An insurance claim will take years to settle, and the subrogation lawsuits could be in courts for decades.

This is a legitimate state of emergency and the Feds will have to step in.
Posted by ShinerHorns
El Paso
Member since Jul 2021
4077 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:21 am to
Taxation is theft. My taxes should not be going towards the roads in our country, but alas the progressives run the asylum now and will keep stealing our money.
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
15860 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:22 am to
Mexico will pay for it.
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
11709 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:31 am to
Baltimore votes blue.
Posted by TNoon
Member since Nov 2020
2497 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:35 am to
Control. Set ground rules going forward
Posted by skeeter531
Member since Jun 2014
2411 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:36 am to
thanks for the explanations...lots of things I hadn't thought of and make sense.

Trump did NOT tell people to drink bleach by the way to the poster who wrote that. Do your research. He was asking if there was a way the doctors could inject "disinfectant" directly into the lungs to kill the virus...not completely idiotic because many times doctors pour antiseptic/disinfectant directly into open wounds so he wass wondering if there was a way to do that internally. I don't know how a person would hear "drink bleach' out of that.
This post was edited on 3/27/24 at 8:38 am
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89692 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:37 am to
This isn't the hill to die on. Insurance first, then the agency responsible, then the Feds will pick up the vast majority of the balance.

If the Feds only printed money for shite like this, no one would complain.

ETA With graft this is $3 billion, easily.
This post was edited on 3/27/24 at 8:40 am
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
20509 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:40 am to
Probably a way to have it renamed the George Floyd Bridge.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
23918 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:03 am to
quote:

Why is Biden saying feds will pay for bridge rebuild?

It's a federal interstate roadway.
Posted by tigerpawl
Can't get there from here.
Member since Dec 2003
22439 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:04 am to
File this next to "Vote Buying with Student Loan Forgiveness".
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56573 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:08 am to
quote:

Shouldn't the shipping company have INSURANCE?
for taking out a bridge...no, they dont. That bridge was built in 1977 for 110 million, I dont know todays dollars but I would bet that is 500 million or more. They aint covered for that.
Posted by DaBike
Member since Jan 2008
9295 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:09 am to
So they can use it to divert money to other things as well.
Posted by wareaglepete
Lumon Industries
Member since Dec 2012
11165 posts
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:09 am to
Not just banks that are too big to fail.
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