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Why can't America afford basic infrastructure?
by Gigachad 1y ago
Why can't America afford basic infrastructure?
- pjc50 1y agoThey can, they just don't want to, and as long as it's someone else's kids in the flood, who cares?
- threatofrain 1y agoDidn’t you know? People cared. The Biden administration gave $10M, but it was described as Democratic bribery, useless, and better diverted to police.
- sorcerer-mar 1y agoBecause we need more billionaires first! Step 1. More billionaires Step 2. ??? Step 3. Functional society!
- datavirtue 1y agoThe infrastructure was built with borrowed federal money that was likely never paid off. Then you need to maintain that infrastructure with local taxes. There isn't enough tax revenue to maintain all of it. Run the numbers. When we built that infra the workers didn't have health insurance and they didn't need it because they could afford their own healthcare out of pocket. Some things have changed.