painted rust

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when they give a broken bridge a shiny new coat of paint instead of fixing it because the city is too broke to do anything smart

The mayor said it looked like a brand-new bridge. I said it looked like a dead fish.

They painted the rusted-out train tracks and called it progress. Progress is just fancy words for stupid stuff.

I asked why we didn’t fix the tunnel, and they said, 'Why spend money when you can spend it on paint?'

when a city takes a leaking pipe and dabs it with glitter instead of replacing it because that’s how broke they are

They painted the rusted-out subway car like it was a birthday party. It looked like someone threw up confetti.

The highway had holes in it, but they painted over it and called it 'fancy road work.'

I asked why we didn’t fix the roof, and they said, 'We don’t have money, just paint.'

when instead of fixing a rusty old thing, you cover it in paint because that’s cheaper than thinking

They painted the broken down street like it was brand new. It looked like someone tried to make it look good but failed.

The school took the rusted-out bus and gave it a coat of paint. It now looks like it's about to fall apart in three days.

The city painted the crumbling wall, and I said, 'It’s not going to hold up forever.' They said, 'We’ll worry about that later.'