Anecdotal. 1.2 trillion in infrastructure spending barely touches the overall need. If that were all used to fix what is breaking, it would just do that. But then it wouldn’t cover new projects, projects in planning stages since they like to fund “shovel ready,” and it doesn’t touch the shit show that is private utilities.
It’s a start, but we’ve got decades of catching up to do. Also consider that your 1.2 trillion figure is a multi-year cost.
1.2 trillion is also just one single federal bill, it doesn’t take into account the previously existing federal budget or any money/work being done by state and municipal governments. My biggest beef with this meme is that it blames “politicians” when it should really blame “Republicans.” Keep in mind the 1.2 trillion barely squeaked by Republican opposition.
Anecdotal. 1.2 trillion in infrastructure spending barely touches the overall need. If that were all used to fix what is breaking, it would just do that. But then it wouldn’t cover new projects, projects in planning stages since they like to fund “shovel ready,” and it doesn’t touch the shit show that is private utilities.
It’s a start, but we’ve got decades of catching up to do. Also consider that your 1.2 trillion figure is a multi-year cost.
1.2 trillion is also just one single federal bill, it doesn’t take into account the previously existing federal budget or any money/work being done by state and municipal governments. My biggest beef with this meme is that it blames “politicians” when it should really blame “Republicans.” Keep in mind the 1.2 trillion barely squeaked by Republican opposition.