Except the US hasn’t been spending on infrastructure for a long time. Obama wanted a similar sum and that was almost a decade ago. We’re not improving, we’re barely maintaining.
Also, big construction projects mean Union jobs. It’s tough to get someone who has been earing a great wage as a laborer to accept less money from a job that requires a college degree.
Except the US hasn’t been spending on infrastructure for a long time. Obama wanted a similar sum and that was almost a decade ago. We’re not improving, we’re barely maintaining.
That’s because infrastructure improvements have to be completed using taxes from the rich and corporations.
Also, big construction projects mean Union jobs. It’s tough to get someone who has been earing a great wage as a laborer to accept less money from a job that requires a college degree.
Washington State ferries are dropping like flies, and the condition of many of our bridges is shocking. We aren’t even maintaining.