Steinlight
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I am surprised the US spends more as a percentage of GDP than Germany on roads. Is that graph combined federal and state spending or just federal? Germany doesn't have bad roads by any stretch of the imagination. Perhaps it isn't how much you spend, but how you spend it? Spending less as a percentage of GDP than some of those countries there, like say Russia for example isn't necessarily damning. In that case for example it could indicate inefficiency, corruption, differing priorities etc.Where does the federal government need to spend money on infrastructure?It's amazing to me how republicans in power bitch about entitlement programs, yet won't do a fucking thing to fix our infrastructure. Not only do they refuse to cut any defense spending to pay for it, but they refuse to raise taxes on the wealthy. Taxing the wealthy is the ONLY way this mess is going to be fixed without adding more unnecessary government debt.
America’s crumbling infrastructure Bridging the gap
The Pulaski Skyway is a bridge of beauty, a lattice of steel held high above the river that separates Newark from Jersey City. It is also a bit rickety. Some of its struts have begun to resemble the pastry on a millefeuille. Its structure is described as “basically intolerable” by the National Bridge Inventory. The thousands of motorists who cross it each day probably agree. With no money to pay for its maintenance, New Jersey re-classified the Pulaski as an entrance to a tunnel that maps suggest lies miles to its north, so that the Port Authority could be tapped for funds. For this, Chris Christie, the state’s governor—who has had other troubles with bridges recently—finds his administration under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and New York’s District Attorney.
If New Jersey views certain roads in their state a concern, wouldn't/shouldn't the state of New Jersey be addressing the concern themselves?