Washington State ferries are dropping like flies, and the condition of many of our bridges is shocking. We aren’t even maintaining.
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Dagwood222@lemm.ee 10 months agoExcept 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.
Soggy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s because infrastructure improvements have to be completed using taxes from the rich and corporations.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 10 months ago
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.