Nationwide roads are not bad. There are some states that are worse than others for the roads. Most of the big stories however have been about Interstate syste

Nationwide roads are not bad. There are some states that are worse than others for the roads. Most of the big stories however have been about Interstate system bridges which are funded by mostly an 18.4c per gallon tax on gas and a commercial tax on diesel for trucks. The federal government massively under funds the federal highway system. That said, Road maintenance is not a government power issue. Road Construction might be if they need to seize land. The calling out of roads is a red herring, Road account for a infinitesimal part of the budget, even the so called "build back better" plan has very very very little money in it for roads and bridges (about 3% of the spending) To focus on that as an example of government being weak is ridiculous and completely miss understands the role and scope of government in the lives of everyday people. If the government privatized all the roads would people that support this argument then claim we are in an stateless society because the government no longer builds the roads... We can agree that the government is terrible at maintaining roads, however I do not view that as an example of government weakening, it is an example of government incompetence. Incompetence is universal and all encompassing for all government programs