uh... the american society of civil engineers
uh... announced on tuesday their new infrastructure report card not to do
this every few years they basically look at all the different aspects of the
united states infrastructure and give us an overall grade
so this year
the united states infrastructure got a grade over de plus
so are will now take a look uh... area for area and i'll give you guys more
specifics on it
now i should know that is a slight improvement over the last one which i
believe with was done in two thousand and nine
when we receive just adi
so yeah an eight-day plus have also m
out or not
uh... our solid waste systems got a b_-minus
uh... more because of all it's by the way than than the government because
americans recycled thirty four percent of their two hundred fifty million tons
of trash in two thousand and ten
that more than double the rate of fourteen point five percent in nineteen
eighty so that's actually a good on us there
that was the best grader we received for any individual area
uh... the
relatively good news the green for bridges improved to c_-plus
with the number of structurally deficient bridges on the decline
still the report says won in nine bridges remain structurally deficient
rail also improved to a c_-plus
with and track record in its highest ridership level ever in two thousand
twelve thanks in part to federal investment in tracks bridges and tunnels
think about how depressing is on a side note here that i half-day give us credit
that it's the relatively good news is that we got a c_-plus
could you imagine saying that about like your kids for example
they'll jenny had a c_-plus in physics he's got a real bright future the next
even talking let me tell you
there when you are an integrated starts to look pretty pathetic uh... we get
adi plus because our energy drink his way out dated
levees and waterways get adi minus
many portions of inland waterways had not been updated since the nineteen
fifties
there's a uh...
a hundred thousand
uh... in need
was that saying i'm sorry i don't understand what i got it down here on
the report
way go cry out
uh... there's about a hundred thousand miles
of of ladies
that are protecting at-risk communities
uh... roads gets a d_
dan's gennady they have an average of uh...
an average age of fifty two need updating
quickly by drinking water gets a d_
their frequent water main breaks item names are often times more than a
hundred years old
they're reaching into their life cycle and require significant batsman
hazardous waste systems gets a d_
they're facing a severe budget shortfall
schools gennady the report says we need two hundred seventy billion dollars or
more in funding to modernize public school buildings
deviation gets a d_
it's estimated
that the u_s_ is than the
major finding now and the conclusion of the report
it's estimated that the u_s_ needs to spend three point six trillion dollars
on infrastructure by twenty twenty
and one point six trillion dollars more
than our current funding levels allow
so i love it when everybody's uh... talking about how r
women jobs win and john here the republicans talk about all the time
what with the republicans are being cut taxes water rights and that'll create
jobs w shocks worry about their during the bush administration
that's exactly what we did and it didn't work
at all in fact we had a decrease in six hundred eighty six thousand
private-sector jobs into the bush administration
so why would we want to do that again
we have this tremendous opportunity
too
do
but infrastructure investment and do anew new deal right and we can also
invest
in the green technology and move toward renewable energy which is the future and
also
help global warming you know that little thing which might be a little problem
right
we had a tremendous opportunity sitting in front of us
but instead of doing that what happens uh...
under
the democratic senate dent democratic president
since i've been a lot of flight
and the loud enough republicans we're doing austerity and we're moving in that
the wrong direction
you know i
when the next job report comes out and you see some of the impact of the
sequester
and unemployment tix backup and we lose between seven hundred and fifty
and one point two million jobs depending on which economist you believe in terms
of the effects of the sequester
then will people learned and think hey wait a second should we invest in
infrastructure
i mean is distillate convince anybody that's what i love i mean that there are
the report is super detailed in super straightforward says let's do
infrastructure investment right
but is anybody learn from this our politicians actually pick it up and
saying
are and that's a great idea i'm proposing a bill tomorrow
don't hold your breath