Malign neglect: America’s crumbling infrastructure

By Stephen Flynn | Tuesday, August 7, 2007 | The Boston Globe

“…The security camera footage of the 6-second collapse of the I-35 west bridge fills in the picture of a global superpower that is rotting from within. Americans should be deeply embarrassed and outraged. We are the wealthiest country on the planet with a gross domestic product of over $13 trillion dollars per year. What madness leads us to believe we can continue to be safe and prosperous by taking for granted the critical foundations that made our advanced society advanced in the first place?”…BS

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/08/07/malign_neglect?mode=PF

 

 

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