America's aging infrastructure lags well behind other countries

[@johannesramokgadi6243]

Stop sending $ 3.8 billion every year to Israel and fix the infrastructure in US.

[@FernandoRamirez-xd3wz]

Stop sending to Ukraine as well

[@firefly4907]

Major spending in US budget isn't Israel. It's funding US military and paying interest on Nation debt.

[@soloperformer5598]

The US has adopted the ostrich concept of burying it's head in the sand believing that it was, and still is, the greatest country on earth. Boy is it in for a surprise when it finally takes a look around.

[@bandeano3870]

The U.S. has accumulated the biggest national debt that the world has ever seen LOL

[@soloperformer5598]

@H Tran ???????????

[@homoteaser]

Thanks to Trump supporters

[@tikilanichols8023]

@@homoteaser TF trump supporters have to do with an aging infrastructure that's older than most. Clown

[@nevrynkinori3627]

@@homoteaser Not correct. That is an old problem since before the year 1990.

[@JW43758]

America's airport looks like a third world country. But raising taxes is not the answer. Singapore has the lowest tax rate on Earth and ranked No. 1 in Infrastructure. Cutting excess military spending is the answer.

[@misterbig9025]

But USA is still stigmatized from Pearl Harbor and 911 attacks!

[@zakmatew]

La Guardia is a stunning airport, and it’s a state of the art airport. There are many brand new airports in the USA so you are wrong.

[@DARKSEID76]

@@zakmatew The amount of delusion in this comment is astronomical. There wasn't a single US airport in the top 20 of SKYTRAX' top 100 airports in the world.

[@zakmatew]

@@DARKSEID76 facts aren’t delusional. There are quite a few renovated or new airports built in parts of the country.

[@tyrionstark380]

Lowest? HahahahA

[@dimaatik]

america is a shame🤣🤣🤣

[@thomasrogers9146]

investment in our nation is not SOCIALISM it is common sense

[@candon1972]

Infrastructure in US looks like something from the Philippines or India 🤷‍♂️

[@misterbig9025]

Because USA is spending too much on the military!

[@epsilonxvi5675]

@@misterbig9025 no it's like it the project never finish that what he mean, US can spend on infrustructure but the problem is always never finish just like california rail way.

[@abhigyanaman6465]

Lol even India has much better airports. I think 4 of our airports are in top 30.

[@powerfulstrong5673]

@@epsilonxvi5675 California doesn't need a high speed railway. The only region in the United States that needs a real high speed railway is BosWash Corridor.

[@harshpatil9515]

Indian govt approved 1.3 trillion dollar infrastructure project in October 2021

[@qjtvaddict]

This is unacceptable

[@219garry]

Try living in Michigan. Sometimes there's actually road between the potholes.

[@r.a.6459]

_“Video may play between ads”_ Same concept

[@JohnAckerman31]

I was just recently on vacation in Europe with some family, and I’ve got to say that the infrastructure there totally beats what we have here. We drove along the autobahn, and it was the smoothest highway I have ever been on. We also rode a train from Munich to Vienna, and we were going close to 180 mph. I also saw freight trains going pretty fast too. Washington has really got to wake up, and start investing in America instead of other countries. Bridges and roads are crumbling, railroads are obsolete, airports are congested, and we only have one high speed rail line that very briefly hits 150 mph. It makes me sick to see what kind of leadership we have, and how everything we spend goes directly to other places. It’s time to invest in fixing America

[@KonglengLee-t6l]

If u visit spore, msia, china etc EU is nothing

[@jeffbrak]

That's how I felt when I traveled in Vienna in 2007. When I came back home, everything looked shockingly dated, drab, and decrepit.

[@KonglengLee-t6l]

@@JohnAckerman31 to an SEA developing country, a tourist went to NY came back and said its crumbling and archaic. Very serious in a short span of 30 yrs. India may catch up to US

[@ABoredTroll]

It doesn't matter how much you invest in infrastructure if the lower and middle class is struggling. Invest in affordable housing and it will strengthen the working class.

[@Gsoda35]

that won't work if people can't afford it with prices exploding.

[@scipioprime69]

America should fix infrastructure then follow up on healthcare and education. Providing free healthcare and education for your citizens doesnt mean communism ffs.

[@FernandoRamirez-xd3wz]

You are right, but you should change your profile Pic, I looks like something else

[@eddieholt7413]

Your pfp is funny ash 😂😂 but you dang right

[@KonglengLee-t6l]

@@scipioprime69 somehow americans distracted by the kardashians, benfleck issues, jlo on the floor, mon nite football, wrestling, genders issue etc etc they dont even know a effing boulder with birdshits landed on their head heading to the polls.

[@johnnytyj1]

Most Americans and Canadian never ever travel to Asia and Europe....they only compare South America.

[@weareorigin]

Some Americans don't have the money for travel. Others are afraid of getting in unknown troubles.

[@freda2758]

Infrastructure is how China will beat America. People keep voting for Republicans and we will continue to fall behind.

[@alpzepta]

@@freda2758 look like someday we will see Communism as a positive thing. China communism is not really communism compare to Soviet Union or North Korea.

[@powerfulstrong5673]

Cities in South America are much better than the cities in US.

[@torquetrain8963]

Dethrone king car and car centric infrastructure and we can see a real transportation system . Dumberica is built for cars and not people. We are dying here.

[@freda2758]

We worry about China exceeding America? Infrastructure is how they'll succeed.

[@wow664112]

Wrong, america should cut health care and infrastructure and than double the budget on military

[@powerfulstrong5673]

@@wow664112 US government should cut the spending on military.

[@afteritsallsaidanddoneisti9285]

@@powerfulstrong5673 he's joking.

[@hayden1770]

@@wow664112 LOL! Love it!

[@zakmatew]

So we are 13 in infrastructure and call ourselves “the best in the world”? The best in what exactly? Lol

[@bandeano3870]

We are the best in : #1 School Shootings #1 highest divorce rate on the globe #1 car thefts #1 highest incarceration rate in the world #1 highest percentage of obese people #1 highest rate of illegal drug use #1 Reported Rapes #1 reported murders #1 military spending #1 most foreign military bases #1 pharmaceutical drug use #1 highest percentage of women taking antidepressants #1 student loan debt #1 89 percent of pornography is made in the U.S.A. #1 Highest Negative Trade Balance #1 The U.S. has accumulated the biggest national debt that the world has ever seen It's outrageous and embarrassing but we claim to be the best country in the world LMAO

[@sebastienholmes548]

@@bandeano3870 per capita?

[@sebastienholmes548]

Freedom of speech.

[@bandeano3870]

@@sebastienholmes548 is that why we bleeping words on tv? or that we use the slogan "let's go brandon". because we can say what we want? LOL freedom of speech is an illusion, there are many countries that have freedom of speech. Only we hear it daily so it seems that we are the only ones who have freedom of speech

[@sebastienholmes548]

@@bandeano3870 Canada: bill c-16 Australia: arresting people for organizing protests. UK: arresting people for "offensive language." And let's go Brandon was willingly adopted.

[@freda2758]

We cannot move forward unless we move the GOP out of the way.

[@hdaviator9181]

The GOP is the only thing keeping America from becoming Venezuela. Democrats don't even like America.

[@nakosimpson7459]

@@hdaviator9181 don’t be stupid it’s imposible to the us to become like Venezuela hahahah, Venezuela just have petroleum or not? ...

[@defintity_9951]

The GOP aren’t even against the idea of infrastructure, they are against some of the other items on the bill such as spending on “Social Infrastructure”, which is just a way of pushing ideology onto unsuspecting victims.

[@sebastienholmes548]

@@nakosimpson7459 they also said china wouldn't become communist.

[@Jorge-lm4bg]

Instead of investing in highways, we should be investing in high speed rail. They’re much easier to maintain than highways, and over a 30 year period it is much cheaper than highways

[@longbeach7623]

1:20. Indeed. I have been on the EuroStar Italia and it is remarkable compared to ‘70s era US diesel trains.

[@johnwright291]

I don't know why your bawling about this. Billionaires HAVE TO HAVE their mega yachts.

[@priscilaamos8743]

Third world democracy

[@johnbartholf777]

The U.S. has passed massive "infrastructure" bills every few years for the last several decades. EVERY TIME they say "It's for roads and bridges! They're falling apart!" Where is all this money going? Clearly we're wasting trillions.

[@marving6214]

The us hasn’t had an infrastructure bill in a long time. What are you talking about

[@johnbartholf777]

@@marving6214 www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/12/a-major-infrastructure-bill-clears-congress/418827/

[@marengoczar5035]

The bridges, rail are a bit better than in 2013. Giving a c and d, respectively, but Dams, water, and treatment weren't in that bill. I have two things... Most of our infrastructure was built within 20 years with a 50 yr expiration. Also, we repair some of it to 70 yr old standars instead of more recent standards. www.businessinsider.com/asce-gives-us-infrastructure-a-d-2017-3

[@longbeach7623]

Exactly! Because it’s going into their pension funds, which like everything else is way in the red. None of this will get solved until we have term limits and government 401k plans. So we’ll be talking about the same thing 20 years from now.

[@Galaxnite]

US money is going to the military

[@thomasrogers9146]

we will fix our nation with a new generation of leadership. less wars more money to build our country.

[@nmew6926]

Never mind, America has the biggest war machine

[@dudoji85]

$2.6 Trillion? No problem! Time to crank up the printing press even hotter

[@drrd4127]

I live in Western Australia, I have never seen a pot hole here but there is constantly roadworks happening and it can be a pain in the ass.

[@hayden1770]

The time to invest and build infrastructure is before one starts to realize the problems are laid bare. If you wait until you notice huge problems, it is already too late for you and your competitiveness will continue to suffer. By the time the rebuild get done (if ever), you'll still be woefully behind.

[@TheAZPro-yi8bu]

40+ years of Reaganite Conservunist neglect. (More tax cuts for billionaires).

[@weareorigin]

I saw a highway on ramp freshly built on I-71 (moved a few feet from original spot). A pothole appeared weeks later. Few more weeks, the pothole was 4x larger.

[@Freedomisintelligence]

The United States infrastructure is very very old and outdated. The estimated cost this guy says of 2.6 trillion dollars is a joke. For the United States to upgrade all infrastructure to modern technology and add high speed rails it would cost 96 -130 trillion dollars. That is a low estimate give or take inflation because it would take 50 years to complete. With the current debt on the government, inflation in the economy and the current collapse of failing companies downsizing it will never happen. You can blame capitalism and constant cost of living increases for the downfall of the United States. The demand for money created all the problems in the world including climate change. Capitalism created climate change and climate change created unbearable inflation with inconceivable debt.

[@briandavis849]

it’s not for lack of money, it’s mismanaged and ripped off.

[@r.a.6459]

It's like a kid who spends most of his money on warfare toys instead of books!!

[@marengoczar5035]

Whoever said China is in 36 i assume, is mainly focused on rural areas. If they were going off the condition and quality of US infrastructure is maybe between 40th and 50th.

[@TheHmongcgi]

Defense spending is too high in America

[@alyjam]

The US has so many roads yet the Swiss, Austrians and Chinese (this must hurt a lot) build the best roads.

[@priscilaamos8743]

After FDR “visionary” all these other clowns maintained and played politics. I hate to say it but even Obama tried to update the system, despite all his other faults.

[@priscilaamos8743]

Also SUPER busy spying on American citizens, if I tapped my boss’s office I doubt everyone would shrug their shoulders and say “meh nothing to hide” . We are SELF-Governed remember that, WE THE PEOPLE have the power and pay their checks.

[@x2gaming149]

Fix the corruption, only then will the streets be maintained. if not, well everything falls apart

[@Pradeep-sr8sz]

To be fair , Singapore is a small city state so they would have amazing infrastructure but on terms of other larger countries , we have no excuse

[@DARKSEID76]

We shouldn't compare sizes really. The federal government could have provided the means for the states to better their infrastructure. Comparing the whole of the US to individual countries (and city states) wouldn't be an apples to apples comparison.

[@powerfulstrong5673]

@Robert How about mainland China!

[@me_sad]

What about China. They got over a billion people and yet they are catching up. This is top tier embarrassing .

[@TrustInTheShepherd]

@@me_sad China is still a disaster in a lot of areas, don't only look at the flashy propaganda stuff. The Netherlands is miles ahead of the rest of Europe and most of Europe is miles ahead of the USA. Why I say this, because roads are well maintained, you can safely walk and bycicle anywhere in the Netherlands, you can take reliable public transport that runs every 15 minutes or even more frequent depending on the area. It all connects too, you can park your car at urban trainstations, you have 10.000 to 20.000 bycicle parking spots in bycicle parking underneath trainstations in city centres. The train even drops you off underneath the airport. You have options to get around. We like roundabouts over traffic lights, but if traffic lights exist they are often smart, aware of traffic conditions. If you are on a byclicle and it is raining you get a faster green light in some intersections, if no other traffic is around your light turns to green before you have to break (for a car, bike,...), at least in most places. From what I have seen in the world it is simply the best, when driving a car, byclicle or when you use public transports.

[@alyjam]

@@TrustInTheShepherd The Netherlands are only ahead in cycling infrastructure compared to many other europeans countries. Public transport is better in Switzerland.

[@RantRantJoe]

We should slash the salary rate of our government officials. Much of our tax dollars going to people that does nothing all day.

[@powerfulstrong5673]

US government should cut spending on military.

[@johnbehneman1546]

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[@yongchen4158]

Civic engineering is gas tax should it be buy car miles data pay more

[@thehonorablejiveturkey6068]

Thats because they don't have the commerce we have nor the millions of drivers going to work everyday. Terrible comparison

[@powerfulstrong5673]

American government should cut military spending.

[@EKANSHSHARMA-zm3zi]

did you know that in usa there are over 13 potholes every mile

[@ethanj1533]

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[@ratonautonomo8963]

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[@johnbehneman1546]

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[@CharlesRaines4946]

That budget equals the Afghanistan war and then some

[@dannyng5596]

China is 36???

[@priscilaamos8743]

Try not having drinking water like in flint.

[@stevenlonge8323]

Search oil and interest rates

[@promovercrypto]

This represents a great opportunity for individual companies and sector ETF’s consisting of companies looking to capitalize on the inevitable massive infrastructure development projects.

[@DandyFinance]

Well it's promised.

[@LukeT-]

Gonna be hard to fix also. We need bigger roads.

[@Nick-zw7gg]

Lol. Other countries dont have as large roads

[@mikebryant8507]

Less military. We’re still in the Stone Age

[@Kubush1]

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[@mikebryant8507]

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[@Kubush1]

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[@nakosimpson7459]

I thought Chinese infrastructure was better compared globally but now I think it’s mostly propaganda ( they are advancing fast af but I thought it was better)

[@thetravelai]

The propaganda is the US is #1. You're on youtube, you can easily check out videos by tourists in China like this one from 2015 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4bXhGuDbpV5qtE

[@jalifritz8033]

It depends on the area.

[@nakosimpson7459]

Heywhbs

[@KingBlack804]

Sounds like socialism lol

[@mikebryant8507]

Roads 911 public health public transportation Police Fire 🔥 Department EMts are all socialism…….

[@rncmv]

only if you are indoctrinated citizen of certain country

[@hangender]

I will take potholes everyday rather than socialism.

[@moosic2i]

Typical head in the sand american response! Wake up & smell the coffee.

[@neu8966]

Hallmark response. The US will continue to be a reactionary shithole and its citizens will somehow still be proud of that.

[@PeterBuvik]

Norway doesn't have High speed trains.

[@alpzepta]

But Norway still have a reliable Bus, Metro, and OMG a Mercedes-Benz Taxi! Taxi in America is just a crappy boring Ford Crown Victoria making Uber a better choice and OMG rat filed Metro train.

[@rncmv]

so what?

[@MsGenXodus]

Meanwhile, billionaires are taking vacations in space.