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A 5 page paper. The question is whether or not the government should pay for the infrastructure. The paper reports the condition of the infrastructure in the U.S. and how much it would cost to bring it up to standards. The writer reports and comments on the debate of who should pay for improvements as the population grows and also reports what some states have done to address the problems. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the government. Remember, that the only way a state or the federal government pays for improvements, etc, is with tax dollars. At one time in our nations history, not
that long ago, we talked about public works. We had Departments of Public Works at both the state and federal levels and even some local levels. This is now called
the infrastructure and incorporates roads, highways, bridges, ports, airports, mass transit, public schools, flood control systems and many other things (Ehrlich and Rohatyn 2008). The federal government paid for most
of these projects. In fact, one of Harry Trumans presidential campaign promises was to build good roads across the nation. The U.S. infrastructure has been neglected for so long
that we are now faced with very serous problems. Consider the levee system failure in New Orleans as a good example. But, it is much, much worse. The American Society
of Civil Engineers assessed the condition of the nations infrastructure and concluded that it was definitely failing and it would cost at least $1.6 trillion to fix it (Ehrlich and
Rohatyn 2008). This group found that of the 590,750 bridges in the country, more than 3,500 of the nations dams are unsafe, all public transit systems, whether train, bus, or
subway are under-funded to a dangerous level (Ehrlich and Rohatyn 2008). A failing infrastructure is costly in many different ways. The research says that "the average American motorist incurred $710
in lost time and fuel costs in 2005" (Ehrlich and Rohatyn 2008). It was worse for flyers. Inadequate airport infrastructure resulted in flight delays totaling 1.8 million hours in 2007
(Ehrlich and Rohatyn 2008). When we discuss international trade, one of the factors used for considering a country a good or poor investment is that countrys infrastructure. Poor roads
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