This is just a hunch, and obviously overly simplistic but I think the key phrase is investment in that a lot of infrastructure or policy action looks for tangib

This is just a hunch, and obviously overly simplistic but I think the key phrase is investment in that a lot of infrastructure or policy action looks for tangible ROI and the people at the top either don't believe that it is there for these types of issues, or it doesn't fall within their ideology to help provide such things. And this is a total shame because society can benefit so much if we were able to look past the dollar sign as a measuring stick.