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In addition to the other responses, a lot of the low hanging fruit from infrastructure in the US has already been claimed, the Interstate system for instance wa
by ls612 6y ago
In addition to the other responses, a lot of the low hanging fruit from infrastructure in the US has already been claimed, the Interstate system for instance was a massive investment but once it is built the benefits from further transportation infrastructure are more marginal and much of the spending goes towards maintenance which is extremely unsexy.
To give a more tech focused example: building infrastructure to give everyone in the US 50 mbps internet would be expensive and quite valuable. Improving that infrastructure from 50 to a gig would also be expensive but (for now) far less valuable.
- vharuck 6y ago>maintenance which is extremely unsexy In Pennsylvania, we've put off maintenance so long, the politician who funds it will become the sexiest man in the state. People here hate potholes more than redirected traffic.
- ls612 6y agoMaybe. Charlie Baker and Larry Hogan have used that model of down to earth local governance to become the most popular governors in the country while being republicans in blue states. It just isn’t clear that political model will fly in states without extremely high educational attainment.