States can help, but it's too large of an expense to fund at the local level, especially since the infrastructure has been allowed to deteriorate in some areas for so long. Gas taxes are supposed to fund maintenance on the interstate system, but some of the money has been diverted for other projects, such as the D.C. Metro system. (The book The Big Roads sheds more light on this.) Also, cars are more efficient on fuel and electric gars are becoming more common. It has to be national priority.Isn't this more of a state by state issue even down to the local when it comes to infrastructure and the likes? My local Gov takes out of my sales tax, for example, portions to fix the roads and parks among other things.
I don't see how this is a Trump issue. This has been going on for a very long time before Trump. I see this as a state issue. California is a good example of misuse and high state debt. I know states get subsidized by the feds but the states also collect on you as well to pay for things like roads.
California has extremely horrible roads whereas Nevada does a good job in maintaining them (sorry California people its just that that state is a pretty big target to pass up with all its mess).
No, not a Trump issue. I don't like Obama as a president and it wasn't an Obama issue either. This is a state issue down to the local. They need to buck up and stop their ridiculous mismanagement of funds.
One good point that Trump made in the one of the debates is that long-haul trucks take a tremendous amount of wear and tear, because of the poor shape of our roads. Fixing them and the water and sewage systems would make us more economically viable and create jobs.
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