Why shouldn't the US invest in infrastructure?
>>70814676
because ww3 is right around the corner
what's the point?
>>70814803
this
also everyone seems to forget the US is 1.5x the size of all of west/central europe
Because a nigger runs the country and puts all the money into welfare gibsmedats
>>70814907
oh and he puts it all into bailing out Goldman Sachs and wall street
>>70814676
Jesus coming back any day now, no need.
US infrastructure is pretty good, don't believe the memes.
>>70814803
>>70814867
Infrastructure is even more important during a war, you dunces.
>>70814942
And it's a mystery why
>>70814964
>being a cuck for Obama and the democrats spending all our money on blacks and muslims
I bet you're another libertarian fag
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/11/us-infrastructure-looks-third-world-ceo.html
>>70814803
>>70814867
>>70814907
>>70814942
>>70814964
not wanting to make america great again, whe all know who you are voting for, commies
>>70815001
>implying the US of A will ever be successfully invaded
I'd understand if there would be actual enemy troops marching down the street, but why rebuild if it's just going to be shot with long range missiles?
They'd be doing us a favor anyways
>>70814942
tarp was bush, not obama
are you even old enough to remember 2008?
honestly /pol/ has gotten so bad that in four years i expect people to be posting that obama caused the global financial crisis that took place before he was even president
>>70815169
/pol/ has always been pretty bad, but yeah, it's shit.
>>70814803
Defend your country. Make it easier to transport supplys. Keep coms up to prevent shatering of the nation.
>>70814676
Its retardet not too.
>>70814676
they should. but it should be private infrastructure. when you consent to higher public spending the contracts get awarded in crony capitalist arangements. the project doesnt need to be valuable or to function for the constituents. just to be built. australia currently has this problem with our epic tunnel bypass projects. MORE ROADS. but cities dont work this way. the profit motive is more important to pursue because a dollar is a figurative pat on the back for doing a good job. it is the exchangeable reward for creating value for your community. simply pooling your money into infrastructure means you get shit tier projects that dont function and dont extract the maximum value from the input capital.
Becuz bureaucracy, politics, MIC, lobby, debt, fear of credit bubbles (Despite US have some seriously ageing infrastructure), different competing interest groups and the free market
>>70815001
>>70815072
>>70815333
>they don't know what ww3 means
>>70814676
Because we need that money for welfare. Welfare is more important than infrastructure. We need to tax the rich more to rebuild our infrastructure so that we can give that money to people who choose not to work instead of rebuilding our infrastructure.
>>70814676
Lots of reasons.
>#1)
We already did most of it. People really take for granted how colossal the US interstate system is. It already reaches most important places, and if you want to get to some town out in the boonies, the county (or a business) has usually already built a nice little 2-lane road. We're at the point now where building a bridge to shorten people's commutes to and from wherever won't be economically savvy for decades.
>#2)
We don't have the money. Lots of money goes to maintaining the interstates, and we already have too much interstate. Between that, the military, and gibsmedats, new projects don't really make sense.
>#3)
Don't forget airlines. Never forget airlines. It's the reason commuter trains suck in the United States. Their lobby is way too strong. They don't want people to be able to travel somewhere they used to have to fly to for less money or faster. It's just bad business for them--and actually, the US, because the airlines are a gigantic fuckhuge portion of our economy. For instance, American Airlines alone had 47 billion in revenue.
>>70815104
Obama voted for TARP while in the Senate and chose to expand it while President. Worse, he and Democrats passed the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" and made it part of the baseline government spending, guaranteeing increased spending for years to come in a way TARP could not. Of the ARRA, only 3-8% actually went to infrastructure depending on how broadly you define "infrastructure".
>>70815733
>We already did most of it.
Wrong see
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/11/us-infrastructure-looks-third-world-ceo.html
>We don't have the money.
Wrong we have the highest GDP on the planet
>>70815072
Trump wants higher infrastructure spending
>>70815104
QE was done under Obama, unlimited handouts to wall street
>>70815169
nice strawman
Obama bailed out the banks and continues to ruin the economy for their speicifc benefit
see
http://www.unz.com/mwhitney/the-chart-that-explains-everything/
>>70815516
I know. You aperently dont know what happens after the first strike.
My nation was preping for ww3 for more then 50 years. We where the designatetnuclear dropzone. Forboth sides.
From bunkers to clean water to streets trains, emergency airfields and beyond.
>>70815955
you don't know. ww3 will make rocks melt. there won't be anybody living on the surface of the earth for years afterwards
