Will it further their political interests?
Then yes
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You got the reasoning wrong - if democrats want something Republicans automatically block that thing. I'm surprised no GOP states have come out in favor of cannibalism yet.
That fuckhead McConnell filibustering his own bill comes to mind.
They blocked hurricane Sandy aid for New York and New Jersey.
It's important to make sure democratic areas never receive government aid. They are evil after all /s
GOP motto: I don’t care if I hurt myself as long as I get to hurt someone else.
Why isn’t the ship’s insurer paying for the bridge repair?
When insurers need to make a really big payout, they generally prefer to spend years litigating over how much, instead of making the payment.
It's important to actually rebuild the bridge right away, which means that the public needs to front the money for it.
Makes sense. Does the state still go after the insurer?
They should. But also the feds should front the cost and crack down on the insurer. Baltimore is an important port city. It benefits the whole of the nation that this is done as quickly as reasonably possible and bridges aren’t cheap or quick to build. Federal emergency money is for things like this
The company that owns the ship has filed in federal court to limit their liability under a maritime law from 1851. If successful, they will only need to pay out about $43 million rather than the $100s of millions it would take to rebuild the bridge and compensate the other victims including the families of the dead. In any case, a ruling in this will no doubt take years to reach.
Because in America we don't hold corporations accountable if we could force taxpayers to shoulder the burden instead.
Yes
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Among other things, the Port of Baltimore plays a key role in both exports of coal and trade in farm and construction equipment, so the bridge disaster will have direct adverse effects on the heartland as well as the East Coast.
The Minnesota bridge collapse highlighted the decaying state of America’s infrastructure, and one might have expected the disaster to lead to real action, but it didn’t.
President Barack Obama pleaded with Congress to approve broad increases in infrastructure spending and was able to sign a highway funding bill in 2015, but for the most part he was stymied by G.O.P.
Instead, they were floating a roundabout scheme involving tax credits that wouldn’t have generated significant new investment but probably would have offered huge opportunities for cronyism and corruption.
MAGA politicians and media figures wasted no time after the bridge collapse trying to cast blame on the usual suspects, including funds meant to be spent on green energy and, in particular, diversity initiatives: In the immediate wake of the Key Bridge collapse, a Republican state legislator from Utah replied to a post on X disparaging a member of the Maryland Port Commission, writing, “This is what happens when you have Governors who prioritize diversity over the wellbeing and security of citizens”; a Republican former state legislator from Florida posted a video clip of the Key Bridge collapsing with the caption, “DEI did this.” Baltimore’s mayor, Brandon Scott, has been a special target on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, for no apparent reason other than the fact that he’s Black.
As The New Republic’s Greg Sargent points out, some of the MAGA reaction to the bridge collapse is reminiscent of Trump’s behavior during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when he whined about “bailouts” for states that didn’t support him politically.
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