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In 2006, Sarah Palin stated that she supported the idea to create a bridge to Gravina Island, and a highway to connect the bridge to the Airport.[2]
President Obama has been on a blitz while pushing what seems to be an evergreen priority for Democrats these days: "infrastructure investment." In his State of the Union speech, President Obama spoke of Merica's "deteriorating roads and bridges" and proposed what he called a "Fix-It-First" program that would see the government hire construction workers to work on America's infrastructure.
This worry is overblown. The Reason Foundation put out a report this week that found America's infrastructure is in fine shape, though there's certainly work to be done.
All 50 states lowered their highway fatality rates from 1989 to 2008...
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