LittleKitty235

LittleKitty235 t1_jactynb wrote

https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/transportation-infrastructure/

Because the Federal government provides funding for that and it has bi-partisan support. Probably not the hill Republicans want to die on as that aid disproportionately goes to rural areas when you account for where the tax money comes from. Your question should really be why are your federal taxes paying for bridges and roads in rural Arkansas.

Neither political party wants the type of policy you seem to want.

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LittleKitty235 t1_jacfggr wrote

Federal tax dollars going toward infrastructure improvements in the MTA seems like something the federal government should be doing. The idea it shouldn't is just Republican conditioning and that rejecting federal money is some noble principle.

I'm going to guess the argument is that only interstate bridges and tunnels should we paid for by federal tax dollars, or some other Republican nonsense

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LittleKitty235 t1_j620neq wrote

Except that isn't how the Good Samaritan law works. The law protects people who a good faith effort to save someone from a drug overdose or other life threatening injuries from criminal or civil liability. Good Samaritan laws are not failure to report laws which apply only to professionals with a legal obligation to report suspected crimes.

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