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‘Ridiculous’: Pentagon doesn’t even know what to do with extra $500 billion Trump wants to spend
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Give all of it to the army corps of engineers and build public transportation networks.
Someone should let them know that when it actually comes to war, railroads can be used to efficiently transport weaponry and vehicles
And the same railroads could be used for civilian transit when there's no war
Rails can do that, yes. The thing is, the military is supposed to be used outside the US. Internal military rail networks only really good for putting down internal dissent and attacking neighbors.
No, it's better to give the money to an agency focused on designing a rail network from an economic and transportation basis.
The military uses rails to move equipment for training, they also use rail for the vast amount of supplies required at installations and such.
I don't care if they use it, I just don't want them in charge of designing it.
The US Army Corps of Engineers have been designing, building, and maintaining public infrastructure for a very long time now.
what the fuck? a good idea??? get out
Rapid urban troop movers. Must be grade separated.
Goddamn it, we've just invented trains again.
No, trains are stupid. We need cars. Well, we need trucks. And we could get a lot more efficiency if we added more trailers to the trucks and made them bigger so we'd need fewer drivers;. And dedicated lanes for the trucks! And since we're giving them their own lane, we could optimize it by changing the material on the wheels and the road to resist rolling friction, maybe steel on steel? And since truckers tend to doze off, we could make grooves in the road so they stay on course...
Goddamn it!