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i drive a truck, working on construction in the summer hauling blacktop, etc etc. i have to agree with the highiron guy. the asphalt over the concrete is just a band-aid on cancer. i've looked at the concrete after they've ground the asphalt off and the concrete is just shot. yet they just lay another 5" over the broken down concrete and hope it lasts another 10 years. there will never ever be good roads that last damn near forever until the corruption stops. crappy roads=job security. contractor builds a sh**ty road, 5 years later he needs to rebuild it and keeps makin money, people stay working, state keeps spending money, politician friend of the contractor lines his pockets w/the 'ol $10k in the apple pie box trick. repeat process. and everyone stays "happy". <br /> <br />the governor of IL is doing nothing for business in the state, at all. he's taxing the bujeezus out of EVERYTHING. granted, the normal public just thinks everyone in business for himself has been getting way too many "breaks" over the years. from the farm suppliment programs, to the truckers using "free" roads to whatever else. but it's what has been keeping your food cheap, your goods cheap and anything else you can imagine. farmers have really no control over their ultimate income, as the market controls that. basically it's a crapshoot on when to sell your crop...when some report comes out and either raises or lowers the market.....for trucking, it's almost unreal to even try to own one and put it on the road. to license a truck it's almost $4k a year for a plate! top that off with some assinine toll increase it's rediculous. <br /> <br />for all you split speed limit proponents, take a ride in a semi some day. you'll see what it's really like with all the idiot commuters and every other car and SUV. sure, there are bad eggs everywhere, but the vast majority are automobile drivers. split speed limits are a thing of the past, back in the days of the gas crisis of the 70's. nobody gives a damn about conservation these days. 600hp in your semi truck, a suburban with a big block V8 in it with one person driving...pffft! if anyone was even a little serious about speed limits, anything with wheels produced today is computerized. computers can be programmed to limit speed. it would be done. but until then cars and semi trucks will be built to go 100mph+ and people will be behind the wheel pushing the limit till they screw up. <br /> <br />bottom line...make every road a toll road, uncover the secret recipe for indestructible concrete, eliminate the speed limit and quitchurbitchin.
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