1. The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 2. Trickle down economics 3.The Vietnam war 4. The 1st and 2nd Gulf wars 5. The Iran-Contra Scandal 6. Immigration fraud, whipping up hate and fear of immigrants
@badminton Hmm. Why was number one fraud? didn't that lead to the Interstate highway system? I agree with you regarding the 2nd Gulf War. What weapons of mass destruction? They have been telling us since Reagan there are "eleven million" illegals here. That many probably came in during the Biden Administration.
@ProfessorPlum77 In my view, The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 turned the country towards a near entirely car-dependent transportation system, which continues to the present day. I believe it would have been much better to have at least equally funded trains. We could have had a first-rate modern high-speed rail system today.
Because of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (and again in 1958), we have suffered car- caused pollution, untold number of fatal accidents, the deterioration of our cities and suburbs, and social isolation caused by a car-based lifestyle. I grieve for the fine national train system we could have had if congress had funded trains, and given less to highways.
