You can file this one under Sarah Palin wants to eliminate the Department of Education and doesn't believe birth control/sex education should receive any public funding.
Lawmakers From States With Deteriorating Infrastructure Oppose Obama’s Infrastructure Investment
Several Republican lawmakers are trying to claim that Obama’s $50 billion plan to invest in infrastructure is too expensive, at the same time that they’re pushing for an $830 billion tax cut for the richest two percent of Americans. If these lawmakers succeed in blocking the investment, they’ll definitively prove their deficit peacockery, while also perpetuating an ongoing neglect of the country’s infrastructure, which is rapidly deteriorating.
According to the Army Corps of Engineers, it would take a $2.2 trillion investment to get America’s infrastructure into good condition, including $930 billion for roads and bridges and another $160 billion for schools. Here is the situation in some of the states where lawmakers have been resistant to Obama’s plan:
Think Progress details seven states in which GOP opposition to the infrastructure plan would rob their home state of much-needed improvements, proving yet again that Republicans really do like cutting off their nose to spite their face.