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Old 03-06-2006, 09:33 PM   #11
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I thought you might mention that. Go look up where the National Defense Highway System came from, and why. Note that it's not an excuse to fob off all infrastructure responsibilities onto the Feds. Far from it. Thank goodness.
Roosevelt, Truman and Ike pushed for it as part of the nation defense. The Feds still pay the lion's share of it to the present day. Levee's aren't as much a part of the national defense as Interstates?
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