Money is basically energy. Having an infrastructure that cost ten time as much money to maintain cost ten time as much energy to maintain. I agree with you, pe

Money is basically energy. Having an infrastructure that cost ten time as much money to maintain cost ten time as much energy to maintain. I agree with you, people should understand that their taxes do not pay for debt (usually), that public debt is `good` for their pensions and the economy at large, so the debt isn't an issue. But this is not a trope specific to new urbanists, it is a general trope of people not understanding modern economy. And a lot of old "economist" (Tv economists, not real researchers usually) still believe in this (or use it as a talking point for their own political agenda)