Midland, Michigan is a a city of 41,800 people. 48 hours ago they had no idea that they would be waking up to a new reality.
What happened in Midland is the result of kicking the can down the road for decades. There’s no doubt about the Dam being private property. It was private property regulated by state policy. It did no good to cite the owners of the dam if the state was not going to follow up with action. This can be a wake up call or we can ignore it until the next tragedy happens.
Michigan isn’t an anomaly. We have ignored our infrastructure for far too long. The truth is that we have work to do. In order to begin to address the states infrastructure deficiency we need to be prepared to spend 6 billion dollars a year on addressing the infrastructure issues for the next 10 years. I-ve been advocating for this since 2016. I know it’s a lot of money. We’re going to have to adjust our thinking. Rather than looking at infrastructure spending as an expense we should view it as an investment. That investment keeps the people of Michigan safe and insured that Michigan stays competitive in attracting new business.
Michigan can’t wait for action on the federal level. The people in Washington are too busy filling the coffers of those that already have more than enough. A trillion dollar tax cut that could have been used to finance a national infrastructure program was at best I’ll advised. Think about this. We like to brag about what a great nation we are yet we don’t have anything close to a national rapid transit system. We’re behind because we keep making the wrong decisions.
I hope the suffering of the 41,800 people of Midland serves as a wake up call. Infrastructure investment will make or break this state.
THINK!!
EYES WIDE OPEN!!!