I35W Collapse Will Cost Us All

The I35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis last week will end up costing everyone in the U.S. more because of this country's knee-jerk politicians.

There are literally 1,000's of structurally deficient bridges in the United States and because the I35W catastrophe all of these bridges will be looked at closely and likely needing repairs... is this bad? No, not really except that the common citizen will end up footing the bill in lieu of taxes. Is it just a coincidence that this structurally deficient bridge collapsed or was there more factors? But I think it is safe to say that if a structurally deficient bridge collapsed in North Dakota (aka: The Barren Wasteland), there may have been some national coverage but not near the attention that this accident received and within 24 hours news and national attention would be focused on other things... but because this happened during rush hour in a large metro area, it doesn't matter if 1 car crosses a structurally deficient bridge every day or 100,000 the government will require that all of them be upgrade to be structurally sound...which will cost us all untold millions of dollars.