East Palestine sure got screwed. If they had only been liberal democrats.

[Paul158]

Joe Biden wasted no time coming ( on National TV with a press conference) to the aid of Baltimore with the entire weight of the federal government. Pledging the federal government would pay all of the 600 million dollars to rebuild and replace the   Key bridge as fast as it is humanly possible.. What do you think about that? Nothing like election time.

[mspart]

Methinks that needs Congressional approval.   So it may not happen that way.

Or, the feds could pay for it as a loan for Baltimore/Maryland to pay back over time.   This would be more palatable to me. 

Use the interest payments to bring down the debt to start that conversation. 

mspart

[uncle bernard]

I see you're having a normal, human reaction to this tragedy.

[Paul158]

17 minutes ago, mspart said:

Methinks that needs Congressional approval.   So it may not happen that way.

Or, the feds could pay for it as a loan for Baltimore/Maryland to pay back over time.   This would be more palatable to me. 

Use the interest payments to bring down the debt to start that conversation. 

mspart

I sure hope so. Nothing like an election to get the money to flow from the White House.