He is saying diplomatically-not bluntly that it is a half- baked policy. In my vioew this is latest version of what has become a trend, previous examples Obama's policy to learn from Germany's Fraunhofer Gesellshaft-that seems to have disappeared from the radar! Oh and what about the ad hoc boost for infrastrucure spending like Build America Bonds of Obama's era and Biden's own signature initiaves. Meanwhile when GOP comes no atno such attention despite US being a literally decaying country?
Both parties only agree on defense spending which takes up at leats half of "discretionary" spending!
Just a one time major boost for a decaying country.
"States and local governments
can issue BABs through December 2010"
Biden did his own one time injection:
Experts say that U.S. infrastructure is both dangerously overstretched and lagging behind that of its economic competitors, particularly China.
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Americans’ international peers enjoy more efficient and reliable services, and the U.S. lags behind other developed countries in infrastructure spending.
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as engineer and historian Henry Petroski explains in his book The Road Taken: The History and Future of America’s Infrastructure, poor infrastructure can impose large costs on the U.S. economy.
The State of U.S. Infrastructure
The U.S. Congress has approved the largest federal investment in infrastructure in decades. Here’s why infrastructure matters for U.S. economic competitiveness.
And then there is inadequate dental funding? Aparently permitting tooth decay is also a govt preference! There will be many toothless Boomers soon!