Okay .... so the headlines early last week in the Dallas Morning News were about the how some of the Obamanation Stimulus money is going to "help" the North Dallas Area. Seems that $2 billion of the Stimulus money which Texas is getting is going to go to improve the infrastructure around Dallas. Sounds great huh? Literally "around Dallas". $2 Billion to work on LBJ .... aka 635.
One of the highlights from the article I linked to above ....
"The Texas Transportation Commission gave preliminary approval Thursday to a deal that would cost taxpayers $445 million and attract another $1.5 billion from a team of investors led by Cintra, the Spanish-based toll company with a fast-growing presence in Texas. "
So .... let me see if I read that right .... a SPANISH based company is going to be doing the construction .... as an "investment". And Taxpayers are paying $445 Million for the construction of a TOLL ROAD???
Yes .... a TOLL ROAD. To quote the article further ....
"But in a twist that will make it one of the most talked-about projects in the U.S., Cintra will also dig a 25-foot-deep trench between, and partially under, the freeway. In that hole, Cintra will build six toll lanes that will carry rush-hour price tags that will initially be set at about $7.07 each way for the 13-mile trip."
Yes .... you read that correctly .... Charging$7.07 EACH WAY for a 13 mile trip. The article continues on to say that the rates could go as high as $11.00 ONE WAY! Go ahead ... read the article ... it is all there.
Okay Mr. President Obama .... exactly how is this stimulating the AMERICAN Economy? A company based in SPAIN is going to take years and years and millions of US taxpayer $$$'s to build a TOLL-ROAD from which they will collect the Tolls. Meanwhile .... Texans trying to get from the East side of North Dallas to the West side of North Dallas/Irving will have to deal with the years of construction when all they want to do is get to work. Then ... when the roads open, they will have to pay tolls in order to get to work, if they want to get there quickly. And this is helping the American worker, how?
Am I missing something here??
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