[MinorityRepublican]

[MinorityRepublican]

[Texas_Jarhead]

You mean massive social spending haven’t kept the infrastructure in good working order? Go figure.

[denydenydeny]

A lack of political will because of fear of raising taxes is mainly responsible for the shortfall

BS. They say this as if raising taxes is the only alternative. Cutting social spending and entitlements would do the job just as easily--the only real lack of political will is in the absolute terror of cutting spending. Most politicians are only too ready to raise taxes.

[Outland]

"Chicago needs $6 billion to bring its subways into good repair..."

Screw mass transit problems and roads full of potholes. There are higher priorities. Chicago needs the Olympics and cameras on every lamp pole. /s

[2ndDivisionVet]

No big deal: We’ll all have flying cars by 2030, like the Jetsons.

[wentali]

system is going to grind to a halt

US Cities have fallen so far behind compared with other Metropolitan world wide, it's scary.
I have my suspicion, the lack of investing in high speed trains and freeways is too obvious. They must know something we don't. I think it's the 'flying' car.
... or this ..

Why spent trillions and 30 years, when a new discovery is right around the corner.

[goldstategop]

My Bullsh*t Meter just went off. We don't need higher taxes to fix our nation's infrastructure. What's needed are changed priorities to get the job done. Its never been about a lack of money; its how its all been wasted and misspent on things that don't improve the quality of our lives. That's the real scandal.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Wuli]

The money they need is already promised in the gold-plated pension and retirement health plans for government employees at all levels (city, county, state and federal) - who, by the way, have some of the best (taxpayer financed) pensions in the country, with benefits far above the pensions of the average worker who, by the way, is paying for the great government-employee benefits with their taxes.

[scott7278]

Here’s an idea — cut social spending and entitlements.

Done.

[Sparticus]

Around here, the price of road construction is through the roof. The flower-sniffers have passed all sort of rules requiring 101 kinds of “environmental mitigation” that has helped to triple the cost of new transportation infrastructure over the past 15 years. Not to mention the prevailing wage fraud that has sign wavers being paid engineer’s wages.

[snowsislander]

...as well as power grids,...

The electric power infrastructure is the one that I am the most concerned about. While the transportation sector has some gaps, our electric power problems seem to me more worrisome.

[stinkerpot65]

The press has been trotting out this story every year for the past 40 years.