Taxing the people in Bismark, ND for a bridge in San Francisco is goofy and wrong.
We are interconnected, that bridge may be very important in getting goods to ND
No it is not
That bridge in San Fransisco, even though the person in Bismark will never personally use the bridge, will be a net benefit for everyone in the country, goods and services can pass, some of those goods might even reach Bismark, ND.
We should, as a country, build two new crossings in to New York, A bridge and a new tunnel. Because of the aging infrastructure.
Infrastructure and defense are the best things a country can invest into. I would say education as a third as well, but I look as education as a more local issue as it should be.