To be precise, the US public has been told the government is rotten, and the play is to sell off/contract out the infrastructure to private firms, who then make

To be precise, the US public has been told the government is rotten, and the play is to sell off/contract out the infrastructure to private firms, who then make huge profits and build crap. The problem is the propaganda and the desire for private firms, who have incentives opposite the taxpayers.