Earlier, we gave kudos to Owen, whose research on the RoadBuilders machine is enlightening.
He did it again!
Wisconsin spends almost $65k more per mile than the average. Why?
Hint: lotsa sloshing dollars. But even more basic:
...Wisconsin spends below the average for maintenance – $17,816 per mile as
compared to a weighted average of $26,079 per mile. But Wisconsin
spends 50% more than the weighted average on administrative costs per
mile ($15,709 compared to $10,579) and 42% more for new roads and
bridges ($122,272 as compared to $86,153).
Anyone with common sense--which apparently excludes Wisconsin DOT and their leggie enablers--knows that if you buy a new car, you CHANGE THE OIL every so often, or your new car will go *boom*. We can also infer that "administration" does not preserve roads, nor does it do a good job of "building" them in the first damn place.
...if Wisconsin spent the same amount on roads per mile as Iowa – a state
with similar weather and economic needs – Wisconsin would spend
$1,098,967,932 less PER YEAR for the same amount of infrastructure...
A billion here, a billion there--pretty soon that adds up to real money--which is being taken from YOUR pocket.
Maybe it's time to start primary-ing a few Republicans here, eh?
It's simple - maintenance doesn't pay off in the campaign coffers nearly as well as building 4-lane bypasses of every UpNorth town.
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