Believe you me, "crumbling infrastructure" has been a constant talking point of those who want greater federal spending for decades. Not to say it's all crying

Believe you me, "crumbling infrastructure" has been a constant talking point of those who want greater federal spending for decades. Not to say it's all crying wolf, but if it had been true the whole time it was being complained about, by now things would be more obviously crumbled. State governments in particular love federal infrastructure spending, since it is more or less a direct cash transfer to a) their own budgets, where local infrastructure spending can crowd out other priorities and b) the politically potent building and construction trades.