Minnesota currently has a 2.1 billion surplus in their budget and are building a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings.
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So who's to blame Local, State or Federal ?...and why ?
2007-08-03 06:08:49 · 22 answers · asked by Bo Remmington . American ! 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
It's the states responsibility. Each state is given a certain amount of money to deal with the issues. Just like democratic Louisiana who choose to take their levy repair money to repair their levies with they built casino's. Minnesota, a democratic state decided to use their bridge money and build a stadium. It's state and local. The money was there just not used wisely.
2007-08-03 06:15:37 · answer #1 · answered by Brianne 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
There is not a stadium being built for the Vikings.
The Twins are having a stadium built, but that is being paid for by Hennepin county and the Twins.
No one will know who to blame until the investigation has been completed. It will probably take about a year.
My guess is that time is to blame. The bridge was built to last 70 years in 1967. In 1967 trucks were lighter, traffic was lighter, and harsh chemicals weren't used on bridges in the winter. All of these factors combined may have contributed to cause the bridge to fall.
This of course, is speculation. I live only a few miles from the 35 bridge. My wife used it every day to come home from the U of M. We could hear the sirens from our house Wednesday. Instead of trying to place blame, be happy at how wonderfully the city and state responded to the situation.
2007-08-03 08:04:00 · answer #2 · answered by Mike K 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Geez, I've been wondering when some doofus would bring this up. Blame the politicians, blame the people driving on the bridge, blame the state of Minnesota, blame the Minnesota Vikings or the Minnesota Twins, or ad nauseum. Would you mind waiting until EXPERTS have had a chance to find a cause for this before people like you start assessing blame and pointing fingers? Are you from Minnesota?
And thank you PS, for reminding us that fools talking on cell phones, eating, drinking, driving drunk, cost more lives each year than any thing like this bridge collapse.
2007-08-03 06:19:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I see you don't keep up too well with the news. The Vikings ARE NOT in line for a new stadium at this time, and if there is any surplus in the MN budget, it only got there in the last year.
Stuff wears out, it's a fact of life. People make mistakes and what seems to be a correct course of action, sometimes isn't.
The bridge is to blame.
2007-08-03 07:39:48 · answer #4 · answered by Mark A 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is pointing fingers REALLY the most important thing right now? Aren't there still a couple dozen bodies that haven't been accounted for? Just like in Katrina. While people were starving and living in filth in th eSuperDome, everyone was trying to point fingers. Lets make sure everyone is safe (or at least found) figure out what caused the collapse, and THEN (if need be) you people can start pointing the inevitable finger.
2007-08-03 06:17:16 · answer #5 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Frankly it is impossible to determine as of now. We can only assume what caused the collapse in the first place.
Of course, the question is in response to the idiotic notion that Bush should be to blame for this as well as everything else that goes wrong.
If it turns out to have been faulty maintenance, then the state of Minnesota should be under the microscope.
2007-08-03 06:17:13 · answer #6 · answered by the_defiant_kulak 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
State and Local..because from what I have read and heard is they had been warned about the bridge had problems last year. If they were told last year, they should of made that priority to start working on it immediatelly.. I know its sad that all these sport stadiums are being considered important.. but who pays the taxes to make them.. the people of that state who drive across that bridge.. very sad...
2007-08-03 06:58:52 · answer #7 · answered by ~~~Buffy~~~ 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The state, Interstate Highways, like I-35 are the responsibility of the state. Smaller non-state roads would be the responsibility of the local city or county governments.
2007-08-03 06:13:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
There is a lot of blame to go around on this one. The highway taxes taken from us that are meant for the highway trust fund and are supposed to be used for highway projects. But just like the Social Security trust fund , this money instead goes to pork barrel projects, and other non-highway use. Our elected officials (who work for us, even though they don't know it, except for two weeks prior to election day.) now will seem all concerned and next will tell us the only way to fix it (or any thing else) is more tax money to repair the highway system. So be prepared, soon this will become a major national crisis and our all concerned government will be coming after your wallet.
2007-08-03 06:35:15 · answer #9 · answered by MtBikr 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Bad priorities of the politicians. Contrary to what Henry VIII says..."Due to reductions in tax revenues there probably wasn't enough money to do the proper maintenance on the bridge and so it got passed over... " there was a budget SURPLUS at the time the governor refused to raise taxes. Instead, as you pointed out, they put that money towards building a fancy, multi-million dollar stadium instead of working on the infrastructure. Looking to repairing our infrastructure is not a question of not enough money, it is a question of putting existing money where it needs to go rather than towards "pork-barrel" earmarks to gain votes from constituents.
2007-08-03 06:20:46 · answer #10 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋