The $1.2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild America

[@ThitutUhthalye]

American infrastructure might be crumbling but B1M quality is flourishing.

[@russeluc]

LOL. Sure is

[@chaomatic5328]

Everyday, we edge closer to the editing god

[@Student0Toucher]

Its nor crumbling its just outdated, go to Mexico my parents country you will see what crumbling is.

[@RandomUser2401]

@@Student0Toucher that's a low bar for a nation that claims being the greatest, right?

[@benwalter4842]

😂🤣👍👊🔥👌☺️ 😞😔😢😠😡🤬☺️

[@RR-us2kp]

If B1M covered all 2700 pages of that paper, I'd watch all of it.

[@davewentelteef]

wellll..... mmmmm... I think I'm going to skip that one :)

[@haworthlowell805]

You'd be to upset at all the crap & pork democrats hid in it.

[@luodeligesi7238]

@@haworthlowell805 like what?

[@corruptedpoison1]

Especially since the taxpayer needs to know

[@oscarsalesgirl296]

page 1666 "give all the money to Israel"

[@BenReierson]

I’d love to see a regular check in on projects funded by this bill.

[@thedpsemporiumofdrumtracks5648]

It will likely be very disappointing. No one asked for this bill and the monumental fluff it's promoting.

[@travisskeans2511]

Well 500 billion is going to climate change so that is just an open slate for whatever the fuk they want to do with it.

[@thedpsemporiumofdrumtracks5648]

@UCqE5Xr77Gz52C8TGvC5Qy_g am i being subverted by a Chinese national bot living 3 years into the future?

[@looseygoosey1349]

@@thedpsemporiumofdrumtracks5648 ???????????? Americans asked for this bill. The fuck you talking about?

[@MrSuperBrite]

There wont be regular checks, even by the government. It's full of pork and hypeloops, without r.

[@mascan7905]

Honestly, I'll believe it when I see it. The last time there was a push for infrastructure, with Obama's "shovel-ready projects" my local highways dept spent three years widening a single overpass, because there's no oversight or accountability.

[@Loj84]

Overpasses do generally take a very long time to widen. Particularly if they need to keep that highway open (ie if there is no reasonable way to reroute traffic during construction).

[@pc-9826]

Why USA does not have HSR

[@seanwalters1977]

Most of the bill will line someone's pockets and promised projects will be abandoned. Happens quite often here in Michigan.

[@justinliu1014]

true lmao

[@dbmbusinessentertainment7543]

Not 3 years. Thats ridiculous.

[@kellyedwards4686]

I wish they were more effective in how they manage these projects tho. They re-paved my street for the first time in a long time and deep down I KNEW that it wasn't going to last long. After they re-painted the lines, literally 48 hours later they dug up the brand new road to replace the pipes underneath. Now the road is all bumpy with patched up pavement. I feel like this needs to be discussed and the money needs to be used more efficiently. America infrastructure and bureacracy overall is just one big headache.

[@benjamincraig7198]

This guy is ALMOST awake. Almost there bud.

[@erikjj235]

That has more to do with the city. Bad planning on their part.

[@dominikjakaj1999]

i mean this happens always no matter whos in charge of government

[@headerahelix]

@@benjamincraig7198 Awake? Are you on the "Great awakening" copium?

[@MrBobbillo]

“We can never afford to do it right, but we can always afford to do it twice.” (Saw this recently on sub about programmers, thought you might like it. :))

[@steveo7502]

This should have been a two-parter. Would like to know more about some of the planned projects

[@TracksideViews]

You and everyone else including those that passed the bill.

[@Fauzanarief-n7i]

i'm very doubt that US cement and steel industry can keep up with this infrastructure project. I think US need to import this material from china in order keep up with demand, but this will be creating political issue especially from republican opposisiton

[@danielhutchinson6604]

@@Fauzanarief-n7i Saddling the Democrats with an Economic Depression would make the GOP happy if they could insure the Democrats would not succeed for 20 years in getting some of their Candidates elected , as the effects of the 71st Congress proved...... Is that thought rambling around in the thoughts of some Republican plans for political activity, would the GOP sabotage infrastructure spending along with the associated paychecks to Working Class individuals for political points? Stay tuned Kids, for the next episode of, "As the Partisan Cookie Crumbles."

[@jjbode1]

Like public fiber-to-home. All I see is more support for big telecomm's marketing gimmicks like 5G.

[@TheB1M]

We'll do a look back on how it's going in 12 months time, just in time for the mid-terms!

[@BIGGW0RM]

YOU MONSTERS! You cut away from the steam roller just before it started flattening that asphalt.

[@TheB1M]

Hahahahah sorry 😂😂😂

[@BIGGW0RM]

@@TheB1M It's cool, just keep putting out quality content.

[@DoiInthanon1897]

@@TheB1M Lol it’s all good mate 😂

[@nullskull6860]

@@TheB1M i won't forgive you. ever

[@muhaimin244]

Lol, I felt it too.

[@Huppy1234567]

Fun fact: US highway system and infrastructure developed in 50s and 70s were used to counter or act a deterrent if potential American airports and bases were destroyed or rail lines were destroyed an alternative form of logistical management was required.

[@Huppy1234567]

@pyropulse okay bro

[@soniajulie6465]

yes, our HIGHWAY system was to transport military power from the East to West Coasts. This was created after the 1st world war. Back then it took 2 months to cross this nation.

[@InnuendoXP]

so what you're saying is America's insane bloat of highway & motor vehicle infrastructure should be included in what you count as military spending?

[@soniajulie6465]

@@InnuendoXP no, they decided it would be used as public use, so no

[@InnuendoXP]

@@soniajulie6465 the US arms industry also employs civilians, many of their products have consumer production models to fund military R&D, and the military can requisition transport routes at their behest

[@QueenetBowie]

8 mins to cover 1.2 trillion in infrastructure. You guys should do a whole mini series on this, he’ll each section in the bill could probably be a mini series.

[@danielmorris7648]

Well there's only a few billion going to infrastructure the rest is going to destroying the foundations of our society

[@legohivemind]

🤣🤣 100$ towards roads and everyone who was on capital hill to vote on the “infrastructure” bill pockets the money

[@Toefoo100]

Well that's all the infrastructure involved in the infrastructure bill. Since when has the name of the bill actually fully addressed the thing it said it would

[@topiasr628]

Love this idea!

[@TeachAManToAngle]

It’d be required viewing for Congress

[@ColeSpolaric]

1.2 trillion over 10 years. That's 120 billion a year. It won't even come close to addressing these issues.

[@thesauceman8457]

Exactly. More goes to military contractors, foreign governments lol. They never ask “how are we gonna pay for it” with those. This is horribly underfunding the problem.

[@pissyourselfandshitncoom2172]

@@thesauceman8457 yea but _""h o w y o u g o n n a p a y f o r i t l i b r u l""_

[@cboy0394]

@@thesauceman8457 The Department of Defense had a budget of $721.5 billion in 2020. Every year we are spending over 700 billion dollars on defense alone but its been such a huge political shitstorm just to allocate 100 billion a year on much needed infrastructure. This country's priorities on in the shitter. The crazy thing is that if you even breath a word of lowering that defense budget you are accused of being unpatriotic.

[@IamTheOppressor]

you're right, might as well not even bother

[@sc1338]

@@cboy0394 you don’t understand why it’s necessary

[@BirdTurdMemes]

110 B - roads and bridges 66B - railroads 65B - power 65B - broadband 55B - water 47B - cybersecurity + climate change 39B - public transit 25B - airports 21B - superfund sites 11B - road safety 8B - western water infrastructure 7.5B - EV charging 7.5B - school buses I don't think that adds to 1.2 Trillion

[@justindchaney]

You forgot all the money sent to Israel and all the other countries who hate us

[@milessampson3942]

The $1.2 trillion is slightly misleading because it takes into account the money the Feds would already spend on infrastructure (about $650 billion). The $527 billion you are listing there is considered new federal investment over the next 5 years thanks to this legislation. The total is closer to $550 billion according to most press releases.

[@juliusvdl2204]

And of course the biggest chunk is going to the roads. Not surprised anymore, America.

[@BirdTurdMemes]

@@juliusvdl2204 Roads are far more practical in the United States, it would cost trillions to convert every city over 100k inhabitants to pedestrian based. Most Americans don't want to live in apartments either.

[@BirdTurdMemes]

@kira More practical *in the United States*

[@Monkofthecaribbean]

One thing to consider is each state also has its own budget to invest in its infrastructure as well. Florida has been upgrading their highways, airports, and added the bright line train all on its own.

[@Jacaerys1]

Florida was given the Money In 2009 to do that, the former Governor rejected that, so he could invest in the privately owned bright line plan and make money off It. Just pointing out Florida could have done this 10 years ago.

[@aaron6460]

the whole state had construction, atleast on the east cost of the state, all the way from miami all the way to jacksonville i saw the highways being constructed, and recently they are adding another hangar or whatever in opa locka airport down in miami

[@Yadu36748]

"Orlando International Airport received a $50 million Airport Terminal Program grant to complete the South Terminal C expansion project"

[@12perellia]

Throwing money at the problem won’t solve anything unless there’s monumental, ground up reform in how infrastructure projects are managed. There is so little oversight into what actually happens that cost overruns are expected. This money is going to make some people very rich while we continue to drive on crumbling roads.

[@NotGamersHD]

one of the few people I've seen with competency in these comments. Obviously money is needed, but this is only alleviating symptoms rather than a systemic issue with how infrastructure is managed in this country.

[@NotGamersHD]

@@Alaois the same systemic issue that led to the neglect of infrastructure in the first place, mainly the lack of a cohesive and strong federal position in infrastructure projects, the relegation of large infrastructure project funding to individual states, a culture that favors extreme conservative spending on anything seen as a public works project, and the disregard of internal infrastructure projects overall. It’s not hard to understand, and it was stated in the video.

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

The main problem is how new infrastructure is funded which is from a mixture of mostly the state and federal government and a small amount from the town/city which promotes a car-centric spread out suburban environment which puts city services in a rural environment with rural tax incomes promoting the city growth ponzi scheme which expects near constant economic growth while making taxpayers foot the bill whenever growth tumbles and cities go into decline. If the USA didn't build a car-centric urban environment with city services in a rural style suburban landscape since the 1930s-1950s then America wouldn't need a US$1.2trillion infrastructure bailout plan that was caused by the same 2 political parties over 5 decades ago and in some cases even the same politicians... I suggest that you watch NotJustBikes for more info on this topic...

[@mk1st]

I don't know, they are doing a bang up job rebuilding I 39 here in Wisconsin from the Illinois border to Madison. Really nice rebuilds of big interchanges and ooo it's smooth. We'll see how it does over the years but it's too early to say if it's going to last or not.

[@helloim3j]

Yes, privatize the road system, please! We privatized rail in 1980 and now the US has the most efficient rail system in the world (seriously, look it up!).

[@tiaxanderson9725]

The tragedy is, this would've been the perfect time to adopt a few big changes that would make the USA better. Things like exclusionary mono-zoning regulations, minimum parking, improper road design, lack of walking and cycling infrastructure, and so much more.

[@htown148]

That's in the next bill

[@silasbishop3055]

YES! We don't need trains connecting Maine to Florida. We need investments in cities to encourage Biking and walking. We need better public transit. Infill development and an end to single-family home housing in urban cores.

[@miguelangelthomas5154]

monozoning regulations and minimum parking requirements are a big part of what has made american infrastructure so bad. the US is way too car dependent and the only way to fix the infrastructure is to get most of the cars off the road.

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

No mixed-use zoning, parking maximums, and better but also reduced road infrastructure in order to encourage alternative modes of transport (walking, biking, etc). Perhaps, even standardizing Passivhaus design in our building codes, would all be steps in the right direction.

[@raymonds7492]

I’d rather drive a bike through Moab to get to work than take public transportation.

[@BLWard-ht3qw]

That civil engineering statement about things largely going unnoticed until something goes really wrong is on point, though I've generally thought of it as potentially having a domino like effect if neglected and turning a blind eye to it doesn't make it go away.

[@rayfridley6649]

New tunnels are needed for railroad access into New York's Pennsylvania Station. Is that included here?

[@KennyVibes465]

@@rayfridley6649why is this needed?

[@MR-YoutubeChangedMyHandle]

As an American, infrastructure projects never stopped. Orange cones are our national mascot.

[@marcbetancourt731]

while china gets things done & built faster

[@deepfriedtacos]

Nice

[@moneysittintall3611]

@@marcbetancourt731 non union labor lmfao

[@haroldinho9930]

@@marcbetancourt731 cuz they have 1.4 billion people. Also look outside of the city centre and it’s terrible.

[@seankilburn7200]

@@marcbetancourt731 well it is much easier to get things done in totalitarian state

[@BlindMango]

Something tells me that the same bridges and infrastructure that are crumbling now, will still be crumbling after the funds from this bill have all been used.

[@calebweldon8102]

Well some will get fully replaced or repaired so some will be fine

[@katjerouac]

@@calebweldon8102 no they won't

[@georgesealy4706]

@Cheeto Licker It will impact our taxes.

[@katjerouac]

@@georgesealy4706 that it will. What an awful country. Spending on defense is all they know how to do properly. It's a shame.

[@word42069]

So the alternative is…..? let them crumble? Guess what… there’s a reason taxes are a thing.

[@kickandblock]

Most of the funding in the bill is not for infrastructure at all.

[@xdjshine]

110 B - roads and bridges 66B - railroads 65B - power 65B - broadband 55B - water 47B - cybersecurity + climate change 39B - public transit 25B - airports 21B - superfund sites 11B - road safety 8B - western water infrastructure 7.5B - EV charging 7.5B - school buses so almost half. so you are technically correct.

[@kickandblock]

@@xdjshine 351b, that’s less than half of 1.2 T. Thank you for proving my point

[@sjofas]

Yeah lol, like $50 million for STUDIES on how to tax US citizens more by implementing road usage and per-mile fees.

[@vonnie0_0]

Yeah where tf is half that money going?

[@stoneblobfish]

@@vonnie0_0 I think a bit is going over seas for some reason

[@The.Renovator]

Sooner or later America's gonna realize that endless suburban sprawl is more financially wasteful than building denser, walkable areas.

[@slugoo6474]

Yeah but the people don’t want to live in dense areas.

[@HDTomo]

@@slugoo6474because the only dense walkable areas that exist are 1000 story highrises with 100 lanes of traffic

[@toytacambery9427]

Sooner or later, Europeans will realize the US is more than metropolitan suburbs and understand rural Americans require transportation so they can drive an hour from their food deserts to the closest small town with stores.

[@slugoo6474]

@@toytacambery9427 sooner or later, they’ll learn to just leave us alone😂

[@TheNobleFive]

​@@slugoo6474A lot of people my age do. Things are changing.

[@BIGJATPSU]

"If it's one thing Americans can agree on, it's infrastructure." Bruh... we can't even agree on the DEFINITION of infrastructure! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LordInter]

omg, really? infrastructure is all the things from power, water, sewage, roads, trains, atc

[@joebond2099]

@@LordInter I think a big debate was if broadband internet was “infrastructure” enough to be included in the bill

[@LordInter]

@@joebond2099 ah gotcha, that makes sense, part of me does think that it's then going to be superseded by 5g and sat tech but I dunno 😊

[@deathgun3110]

@@LordInter I think it's about how the infrastructure should look like and what impact it has, e.g. transport: should the US stay with car dependancy or should they open up for public transport or concentrate more on public transport or bicycles.

[@evancombs5159]

@@LordInter obviously, but don't tell that to this "infrastructure" bill.

[@alaskanmooseman5975]

The infrastructure problem will never be solved until the federal and state governments stop giving grants to cities to build unsustainable suburban hellscapes on the fringes of their city limits. Roads and utilities don't last forever.

[@ArielViera]

100% agree with this! We need to densify America.

[@imrytebeehyneu]

If you were the president,what would you do?

[@fortnitegamer-yp4hd]

@@ArielViera density brings disastrous consequences. Quick disease spreading, excessive travel times, and many more. Density (and the lack thereof) can be good, but not when taken to a polar end, within moderation. The physical state of the roads should be contributed to by the ones who live or own property there, not by the few people who choose the line of work required.

[@shatteredstar2149]

@@imrytebeehyneu nuke the cities, solve 99% of all infrastructure problem

[@nate8892]

@@fortnitegamer-yp4hd On the other hand, density allows for a far more efficient spread of health and transportation resources. And that's not considering the indirect benefits, like increased physical activity or reduced energy consumption per household that allows government to better manage community resources. In comparison with most of the western world, America is pretty extreme in terms of the density of our cities. LAs don't exist outside of North America. I'm sure moderation required, sure, but considering what already exists, I highly doubt whatever OP meant would go beyond reasonable limits.

[@michaeljf6472]

Okay, let me guess. Less than half of that actually goes towards funding physical infrastructure. Large chunk of that will dissappear in private corporations. And what's left will be used to update the highway system and ducktape the utilities.

[@moose5.9]

Don't forget the funding of other countries entire govts is probably on page 2600

[@diegobert4033]

Don’t forget this “human infrastructure” garbage.

[@mohit_panjwani]

@@moose5.9 I mean you need to justify the “defence” budgets by overthrowing democracies and installing your puppet there, right?

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

No matter what, corporations will always run America. They've been doing this since the beginning. Some Senators and governors don't speak for the people but speak for the greedy corporations.

[@montybrown5410]

I mean, if Americans didn't want their tax money to go to corporations then they'd stop electing Republicans - It's pretty obviously a conscious choice.

[@jamesdeclan7538]

Noooo not more money to roads. 110BN could build soooo many high-speed railways. I hate our government, stupid self-centered people making stupid decisions for us.

[@MTC9816]

Lets hope they make roads more efficient and not expand the concrete nightmare they've got now.

[@brianvanderstar4048]

in other words....they start spending it on, setting up transportation networks and fixing/improving existing transportation systems?

[@Student0Toucher]

In some places there taking down freeways that gon through cities and in others they keep building lanes

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

Hopefully, they can fix the roads and improve our ports, and transportation system. We should see improvement within decade.

[@NozomuYume]

@@BiG-JuPO1O1 There should be a "not one more mile" rule on the road funding. No freeway widenings, no new highways, no new interchanges. Just fix the stuff we have, or even downsize some of it to make it cheaper to maintain in the future. The US road system is so huge and bloated that there's no way to maintain it all. In the past there was so much focus on building new freeways you'd get freeways to nowhere built out in rural Iowa (not part of interstate system, just a random freeway in a field) just to funnel money to road construction interests.

[@MTC9816]

@@brianvanderstar4048 Yeah, much of the transportation network needs to be redesigned. No one who can afford a car is gonna take the bus if you're just gonna be stuck in the same traffic as all the people in cars, or commute a train that goes 4 times a day..

[@catonpillow]

1:04 'Will this plan really be enough to save America's crumbling infrastructure?' Short answer: No. Long answer: No, not really. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2017 Infrastructure Report Card(an assessment of the nation's infrastructure), the US will need to invest $4.59 trillion by 2025 to improve the nation's infrastructure.

[@carlosgarciasanchez]

It's sad how in this country we waste almost a trillion dollars on the military every year BUT God forbid investing 5 trillion over a decade...

[@bly4t]

@@carlosgarciasanchez lol cos we need to protect europe with our military

[@LSC69]

@@bly4t From whom? Aliens? You think Russia will just invade one day cuz it feels like it? Why not try to lessen tension and improve relations with countries like Russia or China? Then protecting other countries won’t even be necessary. Oh right, I forgot, it wasn’t about protecting anyone was it? It’s because the military industrial complex puppets the entire government by paying for so much lobbying so that they can take as much of a cut of taxpayers’ money as they want. And of course they get away with it scot free because somehow neocon idiots will even defend these companies for stealing their own hard-earned cash.

[@bly4t]

@@LSC69 there is something called NATO and that is why european govs dont really spend on military

[@catonpillow]

@@bly4t Your military spending has nothing to do with Europe and everything to do with the military industrial complex and its bottom line.

[@nothingnew3419]

I work in a trucking business and I truly hope that this bill will directly and positively impact long-haul industry.

[@JohnSmith-um7iy]

It might. But it might also set in place the infrastructure for self driving vehicles. So we have to be watchful. Yang gang.

[@trentconley4374]

What infrastructure improvements would you like to see?

[@stueyphone]

@@JohnSmith-um7iy trains > self driving vehicles

[@connerb7848]

Keep dreaming

[@dannyzero692]

@@stueyphone yes, like seriously why does long hauling exist when we have trains.

[@winterfell9990]

Public transit *only* got 39B? out of 1.2 trillion? the lack of public transit is THE REASON we have to keep rebuilding our roads every few decades

[@supingo3339]

It all sounds so good and then they sneak in the fact that they are planning ti invest in HYPERLOOP. Typical USA man

[@ShadowebEB]

Yeah... Really insane! Throwing money on projects like this is really a waste, I hope they're only paying for a study of feasibility and not any test track.

[@tc3693]

@@ShadowebEB how is that a water? Hyperloop is the future of inter urban travel, a line is currently under construction from Vegas to La, do tour research

[@ShadowebEB]

@@tc3693 You're insane mate. I'm not sure it worth my time arguing with you as you're certainly disconnected from reality.

[@veldalken_2007]

@@tc3693 In general subways and light rail is vastly more efficient and costs much less to implement. So it's not so much a waste, just entirely unnecessary when something both better and more affordable already exists.

[@tc3693]

@@ShadowebEB I’m an urban planner, we’re literally working with multiple hyperloop companies to implement this in the future to travel between cities in the PNW, it’s entirely feasible and will be a boon to economic growth

[@andresfeliciano]

“Crumbling Infrastructure” sounds like a delicious dessert tho

[@yungunit8299]

as long as USA getting ruined, I want some.

[@magnusaugust8489]

someone should name a desert after this

[@altoic1]

@@yungunit8299 is your entire personality just obsessing over the west. Please do something productive. Much love. ❤️

[@st20332]

@@altoic1 Lol yeah obbsessed, and defo insecure about their own countries ways If one feels the need to bring others down to bring oneself up, perhaps it's time to question whether oneself was high up anyway?

[@Christian-cb9jr]

@@st20332 Lol not Americans talking about how they’re the “best” all the time

[@tarobrob513]

You know you need an upgrade when even the DC Metro is only 40% operational (i ride the metro everyday). Subway trains, yes subway trains arrive every 30-40mins. Now I had to wake up 1-2hours early because of it! That’s in the Government’s backyard!

[@jaehongsong4904]

I think DC metro is best in the US tho. It's expensive af, but I was surprised how clean it was when I visited. It felt very modern compared to other subway systems in US. Wish it had platform screen doors and more lines

[@tarobrob513]

@@jaehongsong4904 yes, but recently there has been a derailment, and another track switching malfunction last week.

[@Soundmaster91]

Wow wtf how can voters accept that for so long?

[@ChipsChallenge95]

Be happy you don’t live in Boston, the trains show up more frequently, but they’re slow, dirty, crowded, and derail constantly

[@adefay2811]

Ahhh DC voters Taxation without representation. That should tell you how DC residents deal with such things.

[@JoeLikesTrains]

It would be really cool to see High speed trains in America.

[@landonshowalter-maxson2170]

that is never going to happen

[@Joshrojasss]

still centuries away

[@JoeLikesTrains]

@@Joshrojasss Centuries, really? I know you don't literally mean centuries, or I hope not, but with some of the current projects America could have a HSR network sooner than we think

[@TheAwesomeTolga198]

@@landonshowalter-maxson2170 Why is that? Does it have to be that way?

[@landonshowalter-maxson2170]

@@TheAwesomeTolga198 No, I was more so commenting on how inefficient current efforts to build high speed in the U.S have been.

[@Trazynn]

55 + 65 + 110 + 7.5 + 39 + 66 = 342bn, a quarter of the entire bill. Are you going to make another video on what the other 858 billion is being spend on in this _Infrastructure_ bill?

[@miroslavmilan]

That’s already pre-planned for budget overruns.

[@IvanKP_97]

650bn (highway & waterway) + 10bn (cybersecurity) + 8bn (ports) + 25bn (airports) + 11bn (pedestrian safety) + 17bn (Army Corps of Engineers) + 21bn (abandoned site clean-up) + 23bn (natural disaster mitigation) + 100(ish)bn (utilities & power grid) = remaining 858bn in spending give or take

[@SuWoopSparrow]

The other 858 is to cover American bureaucracy.

[@Trazynn]

@@IvanKP_97 Highways are covered on 6:14 110bn for roads and bridges. I'm fine (happy even) if 720bn is spend on it combined but what's the distinction?

[@jmilitano777]

Cant do that, the other part isn’t even infrastructure.

[@wc4201]

$1.2 Trillion for “Infrastructure.” We’ll be lucky if 1/4 of that goes to infrastructure at all.

[@spanishsausage4731]

democracy

[@Prajnana]

Bureaucracy, Pork and Pet projects make up the other 75 percent

[@starventure]

Theft will be rampant.

[@Natibe_]

@Kenneth Tham his definition of infrastructure consists of whatever his news site tells him, tyvm! Because that’s where we should be getting definitions from. Not dictionaries, pundits.

[@TheMidnightCloak]

@@ItsAllFake1 Sorry, but none of those things are in the infrastructure bill that just passed. They would have been included in the Build Back Better Act, which will most likely not pass.

[@ANTICOMwestcoast]

yeah that 1.2 trillion is TOTALLY going to infrastructure, not agendas and programs

[@MetDaan2912]

This bill is a step in the right direction, but it fails to address the fundamental problems that face America: such as car dependency, suburbia, etc. It also plans for road WIDENINGS and subsidies for (electric)cars, when it should focus more on public transit and bikelanes.

[@nicksgarage2]

Unfortunately those items get pushed aside for the benefit of big oil. But something at this point is better than nothing. We can't continue on as a fix it after it breaks country.

[@MetDaan2912]

@@Alaois You are very right, but I think that the federal government can encourage states to focus on surtain key goals and for example stop giving them federal money to construct more and wider highways (states get 9$ for every 1$ they spent), but instead invent such schemes for train connections, etc.

[@oscargurdian9389]

you really cant just get rid of suburbia and car dependency. suburbia is here to stay. unless you just wanna bulldoze the living hell out of american cities

[@williamhuang8309]

@@oscargurdian9389 Yeah, it would be downright impossible to bulldoze the entirety of suburbia, but at least making sure new developments aren't a suburban hellscape is a step in the right direction. Then, you can start making small changes to the design of suburban neighbourhoods e.g. adding footpaths to cut down the walking distance.

[@coda-n6u]

Hyperloop 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 what a fucking tremendous waste

[@JTL1776]

The definition of 1.2 trillion dollars of taxpayer dollars promised to improve the lives of taxpayers. Completely "co-opted" for uses that are directly used for anything but The law abiding american taxpayer.

[@darthmaul216]

Like what?

[@Morz44]

"On this vote, the yays are 69" Nice.

[@ScottRothsroth0616]

Rough timestamp 1:03.

[@SolarAbyss]

I came searching for this because I knew someone had to have beat me to it

[@MrMattie725]

I wonder how many pages of those 2700 are compromises etc. on totally unrelated things just to get the bill through.

[@ZMCFERON]

2699.5 of em no doubt. All going to congressional pet projects.

[@EmpReb]

Most of the bill is not gonna help but just waste more US money. Inflation is the most likely thing to happen from this bill. Nothing else.

[@williamhuang8309]

@@EmpReb Hopefully the US can get their stuff together this time and not waste money.

[@johnathin0061892]

10% infrastructure, 90% welfare and pork.

[@EmpReb]

@@williamhuang8309 Only after Purging our Admistraive state and Congress. Which I don't see happening before a huge collapse.

[@Samuel_J1]

Water quality varies from state to state, but the quality of B1M videos just keeps getting better!

[@utubebroadcaster]

@ss k1ssa

[@Samuel_J1]

@@utubebroadcaster prove me wrong ;)

[@MrFlatage]

@@Samuel_J1 Your words, your claim become your Burden of Proof. So where is your proof?

[@Samuel_J1]

@@MrFlatage their entire channel is my proof ;D

[@MrFlatage]

@@Samuel_J1 Thank you for proving you made a false claim and have no evidence when challenged. You are now a Enemy of the State. As per Onus Probandi against my lands of the free where the mighty red, white and blue flag flies.

[@KilatKilau]

1.2 trillion, bet ya 80% of the fund going into thier pockets

[@truenezito]

You can actually just look exactly where the money goes, it’s all public information

[@vivalavivaldi]

Just check your local government website, all funding is publicly accessible

[@Semelem]

It’s not to save americas infrastructure, you can see that based on how easily and willingly the price tag was lowered and the scope was narrowed. The US needs a lot more than a corporate giveaway to save its infrastructure

[@danielduncan6806]

They were banking on the majority not being able to comprehend just how big the price tag was. They floated the multi-trillion dollar budget and found out that most do know that multiple trillions is a lot. They don't know just how big it is, but they did know it was outrageous, thankfully. Sadly, 1.2 trillion is still a gargantuan number. To put it into perspective, we could tear down and rebuild our entire Interstate network *_TWICE_* for 1.2 trillion dollars. And the Interstate network is something that impacts all of our lives everyday, both directly and indirectly. In 10 years I will ask what this 1.2 trillion dollars bought you; you will not have an answer.

[@TheVonMatrices]

@@danielduncan6806 I'm sure that you could use that money to rebuild the IHS twice if you simultaneously shut down all the roads in the US for a decade, but that's not practical. It's a lot easier and less expensive to build something new than to repair/replace something while keeping it operating at the same time.

[@oskir4760]

They already fixed the street I live at. Took them almost 20 years to finally remake the whole road. I'm also starting to see more construction in my city which is good news.

[@TheVonMatrices]

The bill technically hasn't even passed (the President has yet to sign it) so that construction is completely unrelated. Most of those streets are city/local property, so that repaving would be the result of your local government investing in its roads.

[@ichirakuramenshop7738]

same, my city has had a lot of construction this past year, every week they are working on something else

[@AA-vr8ez]

*_Thank you President Biden 🇺🇸_*

[@tomfriendly2412]

@@AA-vr8ez none of it has to do with Biden… he didn’t pass the bill until yesterday, you loony cultist.

[@seanthe100]

Yeah in my city they've redone all the roads and street light and roundabouts as well.

[@trovatamedia]

It’s $500B, at best. The rest goes elsewhere. And when all is said and done, expect only half of that to be used like you think.

[@texaswunderkind]

STATES spend the money, not the federal government. If they mismanage it, that is on the states. Of those, 36 are controlled by Republicans.

[@harukrentz435]

And nobody will go to jail because accountability is DEAD in USA.

[@HowDoU24]

RealLifeLore and B1M have such quality videos and break things down so well, it's truly a gift to watch this stuff for free.

[@spider6660]

RealLifeLore? No way. They're politically biased.

[@101patryks]

The quality of the editing has gone up recently 🤩 These videos are such a pleasure to watch, narration + visuals are on point!

[@kumbackquatsta]

tencent investments

[@Jason-mg2vj]

I was only in LA for a month, and what I saw was interesting. In a lot of parts of LA it looked like you could see neighbourhoods printed over neighbourhoods. There were sidewalks that had been laid over old sidewalks, power lines sticking out of the middle of the sidewalks etc... I haven’t seen that anywhere else in the world.

[@ichirakuramenshop7738]

i guess you haven’t been to chicago, new york, etc…

[@texaswunderkind]

Apparently you have never been anywhere in the world.

[@Jason-mg2vj]

@@texaswunderkind I have. In other countries we clear away the old Infrastructure before we build over it.

[@quillo2747]

Usually what you get in any area with a democrat super majority. Broken infrastructure and a homeless problem so bad that you have a poo patrol

[@Zelly2001]

Was that your first time going outside?

[@keco185]

If they could properly manage the projects, the bill could be half the cost with better results. I've seen perfectly good roads torn up and repaved while potholes on other roads are ignored (despite being maintained by the same entity). I've seen new roads put down only to be immediately torn up because they want to work on the power, gas, or water under the road. And the patchwork they do after is terrible. In general though, I haven't felt the effects of the supposed bad infrastructure other than an occasional pothole. My power never goes out, the highways are in good shape (except when they are under construction), etc.

[@mastershake11434]

The roads in my town in a major South Carolina city (possibly the largest city, if I had to guess), are horrendous. Trust me, our roads are terrible in this country. They weren't made to last this long without being replaced.

[@josesandoval1440]

Just say you hate roads and want Americans to die if you think this is senseable

[@JohnSmith-tp2mg]

Omg this is so true. Literally in my hometown, they paved a brand new road only to immediately rip it up because electrical work needed to be done. So now a year on, what once was a new road is now a horrible road as there’s all these uneven sections where the road was dug up so lines could be laid. And now cuz everyone’s complained, they’re just gonna tear everything up and repave the road again

[@jamier65551]

Well i mean the bill hadnt even kicked in when you posted this comment

[@tarcal87]

6:35 "Poor infrastructure costs the average person $3,300 a year" Oddly, dividing the 110 billion by the US population of 329 million, it comes to just $300 per person to fund it ALL. It seems more could be allocated, no? I know the whole population includes children and pensioners, too, but still, double that amount - that's nothing in like 5 years of income or income tax. (I'm not American)

[@DraKKar360]

Less than half of those people actually pay taxes... But yes, we should be spending more and be extremely rigorous on how/where that money is spent. Sadly, none of this will ever happen regardless of who is in power.

[@dickhead1940]

You covered about 200 billion of spending.. Where's the other 1 trillion going?

[@miroslavmilan]

Pre-planned Budget overruns.

[@megaswenson]

@@miroslavmilan AKA: 'Kickbacks', 'Rakeoff', 'Cronyism', and just-plain 'THEFT'.

[@aguyfromnothere]

Same thing as every other bills….payoffs to political supporters. This channel is treating this very seriously when thats not how bills are made.

[@vayate1234]

@@megaswenson You can look it up instead of just lying about the bill.

[@pissyourselfandshitncoom2172]

@@vayate1234 imagine the look on your face when half of these projects don't have any outcome and the money is lost

[@somnisveritas6465]

The only thing I know is a lot of politician's relatives are lining up with their shiny new construction outfit to carve out that pork for the family. I'll be stunned if even 25% actually goes to building anything historically considered infrastructure. From what I've read in the bill they have taken some significant liberties with what the meaning of the word is.

[@Benny_000]

This. It's called the infrastructure bill but a lot of the money will be allocated elsewhere. Politicians like to sneak other types of spending into bills and that's what they've done with this bill as well.

[@jonparsons6818]

Build back better! let's go Brandon

[@musicsubicandcebu1774]

For what shall it profit a merica if it makes whole its bridges yet forfeit its economy?

[@stynkanator]

But it will trickle down. Right? because that work or just do nothing. Like always and then bitch about it more.

[@hape3862]

It's funny that Germany is only just ahead of the US in this chart when it comes to infrastructure spending. Neither spends much, but for different reasons: One country is simply letting its infrastructure fall into disrepair and the other has top-notch infrastructure that doesn't need a lot maintenance so that most of the money goes to entirely new infrastructure like high speed rails and power lines. Guess which is which?

[@Natibe_]

There’s another difference too: ones the size of Texas.

[@escapedcops08]

You forget one important fact, the US is 2,654% BIGGER than Germany. The investment difference is on a magnitude of billions and trillions between the two. Germany has a much smaller infrastructure, therefore can maintain better. If you had a better education, you would have seen this immediately... But you didn't. Your lack of an education is funny.

[@comicbookguy2326]

you can't even begin to compare the size and population of those two, the US has 10 times the amount of roads, 6 million km vs 600 thousand km

[@Zitronennascher]

Many bridges Although in Germany are in poor conditions because they haven’t got the attention in the past. But in general the infrastructure is pretty good, especially in the east where much money went into infrastructure since the 90s. When I see American roads etc. on pictures and in videos, I‘m always shocked that such a wealthy nation has this crumbling infrastructure.

[@Wild_D]

Good point but America is a lot bigger than Germany. Think of 50 needing to be attended to with all with various climates and geography

[@learneternal-english3417]

You misspelled destroy as rebuild.

[@joaohenriques4666]

Every time the US decided to make huge investments in infrastructure networks, that ended up making a huge impact on other countries' infrastructure policies. I hope this time, it will happen again and provide the world with something more than just an update of the already built facilities/networks (which is always required in order to keep things working well).

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@agnez112 bot

[@samuraijosh1595]

Really? Wow, can you throw some examples of this? I've never really *felt* any global ripples from an American infrastructure policy reform... but that's cuz I don't pay attention to policy changes or politics lol.

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@samuraijosh1595 Wo Men Chi Wo Bing Chilling

[@danielhutchinson6604]

The promises of infrastructure investment, over the last 40 years have been too little, too late..... Raygun said it best, The cost to fix what we are ignoring now, in the future, will cost a hell of a lot...... They have been saying that since then, but doing less than is needed.....

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@danielhutchinson6604 hey how much are you bing chilling your bin

[@ChadHuffman]

If you think for 1 second that the 1.2T bill is for "infrastructure", I have a bridge to sell you for dirt cheep. This is only about lining pockets under the guise of "the common good".

[@NeSeeger]

Ironically you are selling it for 1.2T as well.

[@phoenix__rose394]

As an american, thank you for putting this together, it was very informative

[@vomm]

I already knew everything mentioned in the video

[@arishemghoul9571]

In Biden we Trust

[@garesonc9672]

As an American I would hope you would realize the so-called 'infrastructure bill' is mostly nonsensical spending. But then...I guess you get your news off KZbin so I am not shocked.

[@kute7211]

@@garesonc9672 as an American, as an American, as an American.

[@arianberbati4769]

@@arishemghoul9571 you when people want infrastructure: 😢😢😢

[@banditonehundred]

America is built very inefficiently. I lived there for a few years and the suburbs are pretty depressing. Need to drive 20 minutes to buy a loaf of bread. Hard to imagine how they can sustain this without heavily increasing taxes

[@Diesel-ER899]

where you from?

[@rcm926]

This would be fine if we were to get bills like this often, but the fact that this is probably going to be the only major infrastructure investment for maybe the next 20-30 years means it should be a lot bigger

[@kobalov1]

I don't think you quite understand how much is 1TN, let me explain: 1,000,000,000,000.000$

[@rcm926]

@@kobalov1 And? We're talking about the largest economy in the world, a country which spends almost that amount on its military every year, a country with some of the world's largest and most profitable companies. It should be investing $1T into its infrastructure every 5 years at minimum, especially for a nation of its size and population. Also, why tf did you show it to 1/10 of a cent? Nobody does that, I get you're trying to make the number look bigger, but still.

[@crsixer4879]

@@rcm926 1/1000 cent

[@crsixer4879]

@@rcm926 and I agree

[@kumbackquatsta]

it's dead in the water as soon as hyperloop was included

[@wlot28]

As soon as I heard that I was like "well that money's getting pocketed"

[@TommyTom21]

The hyperloop is included? I hate it here.

[@TheVonMatrices]

I'm disappointed with Hyperloop's inclusion in the bill because even though it's a tiny part of the spending, it will now be used a talking point by politicians opposing all infrastructure spending.

[@steve23127]

@@TheVonMatrices err… just looking at most debates and behaviors from both parties makes me feel so tired…

[@Jompe69]

Hyperloop is so waste of money, just another monorail fake futuristic bs. Why try to reinvent a train? Meanwhile China and Japan builds high speed rails, that are cheaper and more efficient

[@kiran_a]

My home town has had a sign up announcing a new train station since 2006, we are on the north east corridor one of probably the busiest commuter railways in the USA (I would think at least)

[@justanotherasian4395]

The NEC is the busiest commuter railway in the US and they still can't afford to build one station?

[@kiran_a]

@@justanotherasian4395 I cant just blame the federal government because I guess the nj state legislature is responsible for getting it done

[@Ryan-cb1ei]

@@justanotherasian4395 They rebuilt some stations near me a few years ago 🤷‍♂️ Although they’re not new, just upgraded

[@AA-vr8ez]

*_Thank you President Biden 🇺🇸_*

[@tyb9975]

What town in the NEC is this? Because I see similar things around my nearest station (Hamilton) in NJ for a long time

[@bigpoppa8497]

Lets be honest if there is one thing American Gov-Funded Construction is good at, it's wasting money. Heck I doubt they will do a dent in the roads even before they ask for more money.

[@alessandrocasati5549]

Congratulations, the quality of your videos is amazing!

[@Tomanna]

I hope for longer videos from this channel some day

[@erichooper9858]

You should check out his other channel then. kzbin.info/door/N3aYbtQ7yCqk9DM56B0kEw. Its just as good.

[@Tomanna]

@@erichooper9858 I'm already subbed ahahaha

[@electric_dreamer]

Thank you for covering this! Please create more videos on the topic as the bill progresses. Love your videos, keep them coming!

[@JerryDLTN]

7:05 Climate Change seems like a good term for covering up Congress not doing their job of proper stewardship of our country

[@sergiobasilio8098]

I think that EEUU infrastructure plan should have be included in a change of urbanism conceptuallity. The model of planning cities (especially on the 20th century) is deeeply ineficient, where large extentions of infraestructure are used for low productive activities. So I think this budget shouldn't have being destinated to mantain the actual model, but to make it a lot more economically and embirormentaly eficient . I use to see "Not just bikes" chanel where he explains very deeply how this works and compare this with the dutch way to plan cities.

[@batcrow6224]

Insane how few people acknowledge this issue, 7 months and no one else mentions anything about changing the approach

[@AlexanderPallares]

"remember it's 2,700 pages long, so let's pretend we know what is going on".

[@seamusmckeon9109]

Cities waiting to spend the money on more fucking highways instead public transit: 😈😈😈

[@webchimp]

Hey now be positive, someone will go to Home Depot for a big bucket of white paint to put some bike lanes in.

[@bondphotos]

Dude, the bit at the beginning with the Senate vote gave me chills. Very well edited!

[@neeljavia2965]

Yep. So awesome.

[@vinesthemonkey]

Tremendous money to be funneled away and never seen again

[@yournameshere]

Kamala scared me too

[@unovayellow6953]

@@yournameshere I'll take very common and over used joke for 500

[@jakebrakeat2am489]

@@unovayellow6953 cope

[@osmanhossain676]

I want to keep all the Amtrak trains all year and every year.

[@josesandoval1440]

@@dompdompdomp Point One: on why china kicking the USs ass they have high speed trains the us runs away from them

[@UlliStein]

@@dompdompdomp Not really kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4evn4R8icatsJo

[@evanb.529]

@@dompdompdomp Depends on lot on when you go and where you're going. For the Thanksgiving holiday, I was able to get back up north cheaper than a flight

[@MinistryofKeith]

So we're still 2.6 trillion short of what we need to get up to par? That's so shameful...we should spend the money now and get it over with.

[@looseygoosey1349]

Keith dont get your news from KZbin because then you will be left in the dark and left stupid. If you were actually informed you would know that theres another 3 trillion dollar bill in the works.

[@iridescentafterlife]

If this is anything like the last trillion dollar infrastructure bill, most of the money will go to lobbyists and not to actual infrastructure. How about the federal government stays out of it and lets the states handle their own infrastructure?

[@darkwoodmovies]

I'm glad we're getting infrastructure, but the question now is how will it be implemented. The U.S. is notorious for terrible inefficiency because everything is pushed off to private companies that don't care about the quality and just want to milk the government for as much money as possible.

[@wolfy1987]

I don't think that's correct at all.

[@Love2Cruise]

C- grade followed by a shot of DC Metro. Genius editing!

[@tobesz3375]

The most fascinating part about the plan - it will never come to fruition.

[@bobsteve4812]

What makes u say that?

[@smiskiboy]

How will the government pay for this lol. They can’t even pay their debts… economy in the US is shit too i can’t see this project happening

[@freetolook3727]

@4:03 US spending just 1.5% of its GDP on infrastructure is because we spend so much money on defense.

[@Pizza_Rat]

hyperloop is so pointless.

[@tc3693]

No it’s not it’s the future of travel

[@Pizza_Rat]

@@tc3693 lol, name one thing it does better than a train or a subway system. i can name 10 things it does worse.

[@tc3693]

@@Pizza_Rat hyperloop is not for travel within a city it’s for travel between cities at speeds greater than airplanes and at a much lower carbon footprint than aircraft. It is currently being built from Vegas to LA with a travel time of 30 minutes between the two cities.

[@freetolook3727]

The problem is that now the infrastructure bill has passed, everyone will think that will be the end of necessary spending on infrastructure and that's it for another 40 years or so. We need to spend on infrastructure every year. It's a constant maintenance issue and the longer that it's put off with no spending, the more it ends up costing in the long run. A little now is better than a lot later.

[@ferenc-x7p]

Unfortunately, due to corporate lobbying and personal greed, one senator seemed to be able to torpedo the whole bill, that is widely supported even 56% of Republicans, and 85% of democrats. One senator, who thinks his coal mine fortune is more important and his opposition comes from the proposals in the bill about climate change. Of course, that's not what he claims why he refuses to vote on it.

[@bako8880]

That one senator had been saying to Biden months prior to the voting that he'll support the infrastructure bill alone, but not the overloaded mess called BBB, intended to satisfy every leftist fraction within Dem party. But no one listened to him, and instead Biden administration tried to push BBB as it is.

[@patrickgallagher9069]

You explained what's being done with about 200 or 300 billion dollars. What about the other trillion? That's almost almost of it, being spent on what?

[@MM-ym8kk]

well you know... other things...

[@idkfrcyz5i]

@@MM-ym8kk like what

[@MM-ym8kk]

@@idkfrcyz5i 22:43

[@karinaramos9682]

This subject is being discussed in every home in America these days. So thrilling to see it covered on B1M. I hope they focuse on public transportation and building infastructure where human are the priority and not cars. Cheers!

[@anniehimself]

😂😂😂😂 sir this is an America.

[@willblack8575]

cars carry humans...stfu

[@skenzyme81]

😂 "every home in America" Shill or idiot, we'll never know.

[@samuraijosh1595]

@@willblack8575 Trains carry us wayyy better..stfu

[@starventure]

Wait a minute, I thought this was B1M not BLM…

[@eyalteiger7019]

Long time follower. All of them are great by this one looks extra polished. Keep on

[@brooksburson2641]

I’m only 18 years old, and I’m extremely worried for the future of this nation. I might not even get to turn the age to become a president for it completely collapsed. Our infrastructure is crumbling, economy is broken, national security destroyed, and so much more. No man on that hill cares for us. They only care for themselves. I want to see the US prosper and thrive, but I may never even see it turn 300 years old. It seems that no one will stand up and fight for what’s right, and those that do are pushed out. What on earth are we gonna do

[@wcsah]

This was so well-made. I loved the archival footage!!

[@mafia_dave32]

It always sounds great until you realize that only a small amount will actually go to Infrastructure . The crooks line their pockets first .

[@robertbowman9108]

its really sad, the title lists the bill as 1.2 tril, but they only list 342.5 billion of it. and of that 342.5 only 230 goes to something of value. amtrac and public trans have no federal justification. so there trying to spend 1.2 trillion with just 230 billion doing anything. and they cant figure out why they cant get red votes. not even the video brings it up

[@BigMuskachini]

yup, the fact anyone has any faith in this garbage bureaucracy shows how absolutely hopeless the future really is.

[@deltastrike7]

The editing quality is only getting better! Good job B1M!!

[@MADNIKstudios]

Two years later here, can confirm it did absolutely nothing

[@timmccarthy872]

Part of the infrastructure problem is our sprawling development. When a mile of water pipes or electrical wires serve only a few houses instead of many, that's less property taxes available to fix the infrastructure when it breaks. Sprawl looks cheap at the outset - cheap land, low taxes - but it's costs become apparent when the infrastructure needs fixing.

[@weenisw]

This point you made is most of the problem

[@andrewgonzales5363]

That’s facts. America needs to implement more dense living environments for sustainable development. Also walkable neighborhoods and eventually cities in which you don’t need to own a car. Those already exist, of course, but the vast majority of new housing developments do not follow this model and are instead disgusting car dependent sprawl.

[@pietr1036]

Welcome to suburbia

[@timmccarthy872]

Adding on to my own comment: some people in suburban developments complain about subsidizing urban people with welfare programs. The truth is, their suburban development gets subsidized by taxes from the cities, whether to build new infrastructure or repair the old. If this infrastructure bill just builds more sprawl, it's going to make the problem worse, not better.

[@blushdog]

You are correct. Infact, cities are already running out of money and replacing paved roads with dirt ones because they have no money. When a certain group of people in this country ask the question how are we going to pay for it or imply somehow that we won’t have money for something, the only place that is true is for exactly what you described. Not just bikes has an entire series talking about this issue and how it’s unsustainable if anyone reading is curious in learning more.

[@horatiohuskisson5471]

Hopefully most of it doesn’t just go to expanding highways. America needs better public transport like trains.

[@Student0Toucher]

Nah we’re good

[@seethebutter]

America isn't Europe. Won't work, too big

[@eugene4950]

Ahahah , wait he's serious , ahahahah :D

[@Student0Toucher]

@@seethebutter Being big is irrelevant China has good Public transportation but In America its difficult to do it nation wide I think it would be good on big cities only

[@seethebutter]

@@Student0Toucher Yes the cities that already have it are the ones where it (largely) makes sense.

[@lalainaramarivelo]

The amount of money presumably devoted to public transit is laughable (compared to infrastructure proper, road/bridges). Granted, most drive. Fair, but why give in to this vicious cycle, over-reliance on cars is unsustainable esp. in already crowded cities! Congress and the Govt seem to be happy to let the next gen deal with it, pffffff

[@IamTheOppressor]

public transport sounds like communism and doesn't make my friends rich, we can't do that

[@LeReVaQ]

ban buses they are taking up more space than a single car. We should remove tax from cars and have bigger roads for more affordability. If you can't drive you can't survive! remove regulations. Work harder if you can't afford a truck!

[@Aselia-q6w]

Just do the whole 2700 pages, and you have my time and money as well. Great video!

[@caza9758]

I still wonder if we'll get to see a High Speed Rail in the US

[@racerman3734]

They ate trying to build it in California and texas

[@blackhole9961]

Unlikely

[@starventure]

They’ll build one, and after it goes bankrupt and starts begging for money from the government there will never be another one.

[@johnfrench6564]

There already is. There is a train that goes 265 km/h

[@bobishere6527]

@@johnfrench6564 In the U.S.? Where?

[@TheDashingStallion]

Question for both parties: Why are we spending so much when we’re 28 Trillion in debt?

[@Doug7RM]

Investment 101 says to use other people’s money?

[@theflyingnegro5063]

The elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about lmao

[@milomongoose9976]

We’re in debt to ourself

[@VanadiumBromide]

Because infrastructure makes money, without it the economy dies.

[@RealisticTimberwolvesFan]

Government debt doesn’t work the same way household debt does. It’s hardly real.

[@JL-tn1kv]

Plans to include funding for hyper loop?? Let’s hope those plans fall through. Give that money to Amtrak

[@wlot28]

You should look more into Hyperloop. It's not currently feasible, practical or more efficient in any way than current locomotive solutions and likely won't be for decades if ever

[@niggacockball7995]

hmmm how about the FRICKING MONORAILSSS??

[@looseygoosey1349]

@@wlot28 I think you misread what this person was implying.

[@wlot28]

@@looseygoosey1349 My point still stands

[@andrewsantos7572]

I think if we invested in everyone in this country not just the rich states we would be all better off. By rebuilding our communities in the south and Midwest. Building state of the art hospitals, public schools, public funded college education, rebuilding our roads, bridges, sewer systems, and even cracked sidewalks, building new suburban and urban cities in states with undeveloped land. Also encouraging women to have more children and grow the population. The more people you have in your country the more money is being spent. Also encouraging people to start businesses and supporting them. It’s just that simple. If I were president that’s what I would do. Tax the super rich and cut down the budgets on things we spend too much money on. The trillions we spent in Afghanistan could have gone towards fixing our communities and even building new ones. It’s sad what America is doing to itself. It hurts as an American citizen.

[@alexandersokolov7001]

What’s the point of such big sums when all the tenders will be basically uncompetitive. As it was with F-35 development - 30% will go for the project and 70% will end up god knows where. Oh, and then they will ask for more, as usual.

[@domitravel795]

Also one billion sound like much but with the size of the USA it's not even that much. Still better then nothing

[@dixonhill1108]

It's a bail out for the states that have over spent. I.e. democrat run states like California. California has completely fucked up it's power, water and roads.

[@alt51801]

@@dixonhill1108 Democrat run states give more money to the federal government than they get back, its the cesspool republican run states like Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky etc that rake federal money like it's a charity.

[@stynkanator]

@@dixonhill1108 looks at Texas and how poorly managed it is. *laughs*

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

@@dixonhill1108 You mean the states that invented and make a killing off selling the technology you wrote this comment on? Cali's almost bigger and richer than my whole country, mate. Red states talk a big game about the free market, but they don't even seem to be any good at it.

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

American infrastructure may be doomed but their military spending will boom

[@vomm]

Actually it's really clever if the chinese tanks are coming the bridges will collapse and the invation be slowed down a lot or even stopped

[@will0ughby]

@@vomm why would China invade their puppet state?

[@AndrewManook]

@@will0ughby lol

[@nickakers7985]

I’m fortunate to live in a state that invests in its infrastructure, at least roads and bridges, pretty well. I look forward to seeing how they utilize their portion of this infrastructure bill. I’ve heard speculation they may reactivate some defunct rail lines as well, which definitely excites me. I’m a truck driver, but if I can avoid driving on my days off, that would make me very happy.

[@AA-vr8ez]

*_Thank you President Biden 🇺🇸_*

[@jan-bean]

Where do you live?

[@luiscamacho1996]

@@jan-bean He lives in Wakanda.

[@juliatoussaint9700]

STOP FUNDING HYPERLOOP

[@phillipgathright8001]

Realistically, the US will probably need one of these bills annually to just get our infrastructure up to the bare minimum. It is not a matter of IF we need to spend money on this but WHEN and how MUCH. And Ronnie was right in that the price tag is not going to go down on any of it. We can only hope that the cost does not include too many human lives before we are done.

[@krashd]

My dad said it's always cheaper to maintain something than it is to repair it or fix it, it would be an excellent mantra for politicians to learn.

[@pissyourselfandshitncoom2172]

@@krashd no that's why we're in this mess in the first place. We've just been barely maintaining 50-100 year old infrastructure, rather than simply replacing it all and not having to do maintenance/repairs anymore [for a while at least]

[@LSC69]

If they cut military spending the US will have the best infrastructure in the world. China won’t even be able to come close. Oh well, but the Lockheed executives’ pockets don’t line themselves I guess.

[@pissyourselfandshitncoom2172]

@@LSC69 someone who thinks like me

[@josesandoval1440]

@@krashd And thats why your dad doesnt make the big bucks smart people invest their money not hiding it like poor peasents