strange to consider a $1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill hiding behind roads, which we will not be building, in the context of the interstate highway system, which we built in its entirety for less than half that cost
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we funded the human genome project for less than $3 billion dollars. the manhattan project, which ended world war II and launched a new scientific era, cost $23 billion dollars. apollo: for a quarter of this infrastructure bill, america built a gateway to the cosmos.
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today, after our trillion dollar mountain of newly-minted cash finishes burning, what will be meaningfully different about our world?
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Creation of the greatest bureaucracy known to humankind?
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Wealthy having gotten way wealthier. So: nothing.
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Nothing of tangible value
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Everyone has this sense in the back of their minds. Before we can even start talking about fixing infrastructure we have to sort out the bureaucratic and legal impediments that make getting anything done other than skimming off money almost impossible.https://mobile.twitter.com/TheAgeofShoddy/status/1424109569706532866 …
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my twitter feed will have a new narrative
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~$3,600 per American...I would simply like the cash
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As you put it, what are we building that does not exist today?
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@arktobitcoin2 threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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The Appalachian Regional Commission is flush with a $1b allocation. Headed by Gayle Manchin, wife of Joe Manchin
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Equity!
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