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Re: Should America pay to fix its bridges?[
But states and local gubmints have been cutting back in recent years, reducing their contribution by about twenty percent. In real dollars, 2008 federal expenditures were at about the same level they were fifty years ago.
(same document)
>>I'm not so sure why it is the fed's responsibility to do this infrastructure spending anyway.
It may not be their responsibility, but the money has to come from somewhere. The Feds are the American people's last resort. I hope that doesn't somehow come across as "defensive."
Probably at least 50% of infrastructure spending should be at the state level.
In 2007, the public sector spent $146 billion to build, operate, and maintain highways in the United States. About three-quarters of that total was provided by state and local governments. One-quarter was provided by the federal government. — "Spending and Funding for Highways," CBO publication, Jan 2011
But states and local gubmints have been cutting back in recent years, reducing their contribution by about twenty percent. In real dollars, 2008 federal expenditures were at about the same level they were fifty years ago.
(same document)
>>I'm not so sure why it is the fed's responsibility to do this infrastructure spending anyway.
It may not be their responsibility, but the money has to come from somewhere. The Feds are the American people's last resort. I hope that doesn't somehow come across as "defensive."