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If infrastructure was all locally funded, wouldn't there be even worse disparities between rich and poor states? From the federal government's point of view, yo
by monkeybutton 5y ago
If infrastructure was all locally funded, wouldn't there be even worse disparities between rich and poor states? From the federal government's point of view, you'd want to invest in weaker areas and bring them up to the same level as the rest of the country.
- MagnumOpus 5y ago> From the federal government's point of view, you'd want to invest in weaker areas and bring them up to the same level as the rest of the country Building bridges to nowhere in Alaska or fancy bridges/tunnels in places with zero population density is extremely unlikely to make these areas a net contribution to the federal budget over the long term - just the opposite. Arguably extremely rural areas are already oversubsidised and will be never self-sustaining in terms of infrastructure, in terms of just meeting the cost of maintaning roads, power, water, mail delivery infrastructure...
- throwaway894345 5y agoWhat makes you think the federal government is going to care more? My impression is that the higher up in government you go, the stronger the hold of special interests (special interests work for the rich, not the poor).