It’s because as an Ideal it’s great. Who doesn’t like building more stuff. But when it comes down to it, it requires taxes to pay for it. And politicians care more about their careers than the wellbeing of this country. Immediate blowback “my constituents refuse to pay/pay enough in taxes,” is seen as more persuasive than the realization that our infrastructure is failing and that WE NEED to fix it. Fixing it requires paying for it. Tough that you don’t like taxes, no one does. But if that’s what it takes, then that’s what it takes.
It's an example to the end of the global exploitation. Your infrastructure will look like... this is what all nations in this idiotic race to the bottom have to look forward to... ain't it thrilling?!!!??!?!! A rust bucket.
There have been tons of floods in the Netherlands. We had a devastating one back in 1953, which flooded half a province and killed thousands. The reason we haven’t had any deadly ones since then is because we learned our lesson and invested massively into our infrastructure and Made ourselves world leaders in every aspect of water works.
@Allô français canadien could you stick to one language, please? I have no idea what you are saying. The Netherlands are pathetic? The Netherlands are pathogenic?
And her generation (The baby Boomers) have failed as a whole. Like a hedge fund they crashed on to the scene and took everything of value and left nothing but a wreckage behind. Maybe the millennials will right the ship, but how many businesses have failed after the hedge fund cashed out and bolted.
@staytunedfor no..all baby boomers Not conservative ones It's about money, not you Any business got over unions and laws, export business and didn't care about the home because it is too expensive
When 61% of you discretionary budget is spendt on the military, you really don't get to complain. You have no funding issues, only a devastatingly misguided priority list. And please, shut up about "keeping us safe", spare that talking point for someone who doesn't know anything about the issue. You get to choose, having an empire or having clean drinking water and bridges that don't collapse at home, or an empire "to keep you safe", if you chose the latter you don't get to complain about the former. It's gotten this far: You know have the best military protecting a mediocre nation. *Would you pay the most expensive insurance on a Toyota Corolla?*
America could easily cut 95% of its military budget and not one person on the planet would be any less safe than they are now. In fact, many people would probably be much safer
Now nearly 22 Trillion debt. Climbing 1 trillion a year. Interest payments soon to be 1 trillion per year. Keep doing war bases around the world. At least you are number 1 in this regard.
@@donverga it's spending rich people owe you nothing the government is spending to much and the usa doesn't even fight wars much compared to other nations
The one thing this video did not mention is where the money will come from. When the interstate system was built in the 1950s, the highest tax rate in America was 70%. Today, many large corporations pay no tax, real wages have declined which means a shrinking tax base, our presidents keep giving their rich cronies one trillion-dollar tax cut after another and our national debt is as large as our entire economy. Infrastructure is not a business. It will not finance itself (just like the military). The last international airport built in the US was Denver International in 1994. This isn't rocket science. If we want to repair our infrastructure then we need to find ways to pay for it even if that means rolling back some of those tax cuts and closing some tax loopholes.
Government borrowing is the crime... Government borrowing is the problem... Government borrowing is why we have 22 trillion dollars of national debt deficit Government needs to resume printing the United States dollar... Government needs to be forced to cease borrowing phony scrip dollars from me red shield controlled phony Central Bank
good point. who is going to pay for the infrastructure ? and you do not need infra nobody uses. I mean US has airports , roads and all stuff people need. building infra nobody needs is money wasted. 16 trillion looks like too much. instead on spending the money on building large scale infra, I would probably spend it on the public. at least there would be a multiplier effect.
you don't understand the cancer eating our economy... gvt debt.. gvt debt ? nonsense..we have had gvt debt for ever..there is nothing new there... au contraire..rot shield seized control of the fed (and it's 2 predecessors) as it was chartered..! fed is no more federal than federal express.. it is a private corp.. controlled by the bankster cartel... issuing counterfeited currency.. FRNs.. loaning FRNs to gvt..a debt plus interest...on the u s taxpayers... these red shield criminals make even the russian mob look like boisterous kids.. the roth schild cartel control the world's central banks.. give me control of a nation's currency and I care not who makes the laws... Nathan Rothschild die falscher lends government spends makes i r s extract to pay the loanshark back
the 70% taxes the US had didn't work because after Regan cut taxes the productivity of America stayed the same and the US government received more taxable income. what should happen is that taxes should be simplified (i.e. a 25% FLAT income tax that everyone [incl. private companies] pays if earning $20K> and if earning
We NEED to invest more into our infrastructure!!! Love the emphasis on Chicago, as I lived there for 2 years, but this is also a national dilemma. Let another example, the 2007 I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, show that our bridges / roads / building are in bad shape. This is a one of the largest threats to our economic and societal growth and everyone needs to tune in. Thank you for watching!! Share this knowledge people, cheers!
Cutting the military will boost up to 63% but really we need to fund the infrastructure America should stop living in the past thinking the 1950's is the future. Convert the current highways to rails that could cut back prices. Blame the corrupted politicians and foreign lobbyist such as AIPAC and Zionists in Congress.
I have noticed one big issue with our current version of democracy. Not the intellectual with the highest competence is elected, but the marketeer with the biggest mouth!
Saying we spend too much on defense is not the reason we have bad infrastructure. It takes 10 years for something to be approved, let alone built, and the government has been inefficient in building things when they have money to do it.
America: Yeah'uh so about the money.. *looks to china* China: *looks at Europe* Europe: Look at least hand us back our gold reserves America: Yeah'uhh so about the gold reserves..
Taming the rivers was a mistake that started a 100 years ago. Channeling the rivers with walls and levees is a mistake. Large rivers have natural flood plains, look at the Mississippi River and it's obvious and for comparison look at other major waterways across the globe, such as the Amazon or the Nile where the river is able to "shed" its over flow on the banks, creating vázeas and the equivalent in Egypt. There are a whole ecosystems which collapsed with putting up levees and the people that live right next to them know this. But real state dictates otherwise.
I heard that the same was done for branches of major rivers, almost like making linear water highways so that cargo could get faster to the sea. The results are bad overtime, and it seems like a pen in the hand of an elected authority would be very useful there. because all it would take is to move those towns to a new land away from the danger. But somehow nothing of true benefit for the population happens, and the legal process is lengthy, so people walk away and become street beggars or relocate to sewer systems as living quarters, and reproduction areas, or go to the woods.
Problem is, flood plains are very attractive to build on, nice and flat so not much landscaping needed, and no steep slopes to prevent access from highways and railways. Plus in years past the river would also be an important transportation feature, it was how you moved freight and passengers before highways and railways. A village on a hill is isolated, expensive to construct and hard to connect. A village in a valley is cheap to build and easy to connect to other villages.
@@honkhonk8009 "Car culture is good, but the infrastructure that came with it was neither car centerd or pedestrian centered. It was just stupid." == What's your solution that nobody knows?
Jaybriel Akoi america spends the same % if gdp on its military along with many other developed countries. the military doesn’t just protect national security but it helps provide natural disaster relief, food and humanitarian aid, and medical assistance to impoverished areas. cuts in military spending could put lower class americans in danger especially from natural disasters and various other risks
@@arshanhosseini6492 not really. There is devisioning in the us military. The one you are talking about the one that provides humanitarian aid, help, and so on are the national guard and homeland defence. Cuts in the military budget can levy a toll only on some new weapon devolepment projects or equipment renewing. The us military could take a hit in the budget and saved money could be used instead for strategic investments just like China having long term effects rather than short term and sparking tensions.
I spent 11 years in the Army and worked for 3 star generals. I understand we are the world defense against evil but seriously the definition of department of defense is fraud waste and abuse.
How will that water get to rural AUS. It can’t also the water around Australia is saltwater so you need desalination plants to purify the water and they are not widespread around Australia.
That’s not point. I wish it was that easy man but it truly isn’t. I know your water from floods is saltwater. I know that. But you actually have full dams and rain in most of you country. Here it’s not so widespread. The point is water levels are at an all time low even when it rained our dams didn’t fill. The farmers are selling their stock to survive. Mate all I need to say is that yes some parts of your country have the same issue but here it’s much more common.
Gen X: Hey millenials, will you solve our infrastucture problem? Millenials: Yeah sure, but could you do something about climate chan- Gen X: Okay thanks great!
It's not only the infrastructure, it's also the people who live on it. Just recently they fixed up a pretty big parking lot which had a few cracks and was filled with bird shit thanks to the homeless who kept throwing food there. They fixed the parking lot up but that didn't change how the people still handled the road. Bird shit was there, food and trash would be on the ground, and shopping carts were everywhere. I guess it's a ghetto area but I hate how I can't do anything about it.
Sorry Trump while I did vote for you we don't have the "worst trains" we have the worst PASSENGER TRAINS! The freight trains are amazing since they are owned by PRIVATE companies and not the government beuracrats!
Adam Smith all those freight trains use public rails and bridges which are in alarmingly horrible condition. If there were up to snuff, business could move product at a more efficient pace.
89five3five The tracks themselves are privately owned, save for local stretches giving multiple competing railroads equal access to ports or other intermodal facilities.
Europe, China and Japan are ahead of Future of Modern High-speed Rails renovations of roads and Bridges While America is Wayy Behind on Everything while other Countries are Laughing at U.S because the U.S Doesn't Have High Speed Rail connect State To State and Modern Airport and Moderniz Roads instead of waisting Money on Negative things that the government is spending they should focus more on Transportation Modernise Airports Roads and Bridges.
Depends which part of Europe you are talking about. My neighborhood have no fast trains anywhere near. That part of Europe that everybody are mentioning... that’s very small part actually compared to the landmass of the United States. I guess you guys just need to do some maintenance... actually we need to do it in Europe also. In America they like to over dramatize things because many people haven’t been out of their huge country. So it’s easy to make people feel left behind. It’s the same like some Americans believe that China is very rich country... Well, I live in China and this place have its issues... the biggest one is total poverty where millions have no access to electricity and running water... it’s easy to build random railways and empty cities under authoritarian regime. In democracy, politicians have to explain why those things are actually built. Sometimes those railways are not very useful. Though those look good on the video. The same thing with some super high show off skyscrapers that look good on the photos... the fact is that the same country might have problem with drinking water and hunger... Long story short... don’t believe the things they say if they compare you with the rest of the world...
Hoho Hihi and Japanese ancient infrastructure is copied from China. Gun powder, the compass and so many other inventions are copied from the Chinese. Even Asia. Countries have morals that copy Chinese one. 🙄
I’m happy that in 2022 Congress has finally passed a massive trillion dollar infrastructure. It is badly needed and should have been done a long time ago.
Every major city in America should have a large and reliable public transportation system that includes a reliable commuter rail, light rail, and/or metro rail system. It increases property value and makes the city accessible to anyone without forcing the need for a car. The ideal city should have enough dense, mixed use, walkable neighborhoods and public transportation infrastructure in place that you shouldn't need a car. An overabundance of freeways is objectively terrible urban planning. What we're left with is cities that have been built for the car, but not for people.
Ah the good years when the US debt was less than $20 trillion. 2019. that figure is now closer to $24 trillion, with $1 trillion of more debt added each year.
Awww how cute. It is now 2021 and US debt is now over $28 trillion. We are now closer to 32 trillion than $16 trillion. As to why your commute is so long? The US will spend $750 bn on its military while China will spend over $1000bn on its infrastructure... it is all about priorities.
There is a simple reason why this has happened. Private companies could not make money from the infrastructure. Free market capitalist systems do not encourage investment as money cannot be made from it . Tax cutters and lobbyists are blamed for this
Stephen Jones It was a disaster. But that will not happen again. We have built massive civil engineering projects protecting our country from the North Sea. No where else in the world could you find flooding protection at this scale. You can see it all by yourself and visit. I live -5 meters and I feel very safe.
The problem gets worse over time as more of the money from the tax base is spent to feed the interest on debt leaving less money to pay for infrastructure upkeep.
I think there's some poetic justice in the fact that California, a very liberal state, has spent billions of dollars and over a decade on a high speed rail system that hasn't even gotten built. Yet Florida, a relatively conservative state, has built a high speed rail in less time, no state income tax, and is actually operating.
As an outsider to me it would be a logical and amazing move to take all US soldiers to make those repairs on infrastructure. It would keep the REP happy with a high budget for the army, get the DEM happy with an actual "use" to the army which would not be sensless war and a great initiative for the army to ease troop transport incase of invasion or attack. To me the large amount of budget that is slowly being outdated set for the army would be justified by these repaires. Private contractors could work hand in hand with the army, civil and engenire corp, archotechs , city planners, soldier all working to make the infrastructure better. It would also help the army get a better image. The savoirs of the infrastructure. Just an idea.
@@benjaminmuller9348 Your army has an underfunding problem. It would be a terrible idea. If it wasnt for american funding, your army would prolly go broke. Not a good idea
Problem is, their soldiers. Not really the right proffesion for this shit. America doesnt spend money on military out of national pride or because it wants to, it does it because of lobbying. $150k for a single missile that blows up a single tent. Instead of spending $15k on a regular LAW system, soldiers were forced to use Javelin ATGMs during Iraq, and costed taxpayers insane amounts of money. Its these idiots and politicians and boomers getting comfy jobs in whatever company lobbied during their 10 year terms.
According to world atlas, America is ranked 9th out of 137 countries for its infrastructure. Yet this comment section makes it seem like the US has the infrastructure of a war torn nation
More tax cuts! More tax cuts! Let’s destroy Obamacare! More tax cuts! Let’s reelect Trump! Make America Great again! More tax cuts! Everything is going well!
We're basically basking in the crumbling glory of our forefathers. Who knew that sacrifices had to be made in order to achieve greatness instead of always asking what's in it for me.
Private-Public Partnership Infrastructure Corporations building, renovating and operating Toll financed facilities, I am in favor of Tax funded Infrastructure but I doubt it will be possible to persuade a majority of American voters to allow average tax rates to rise back to 35 % of GDP, solution regulated privatizacion.
The US is falling apart and behind Asia and Europe. The largest industry in the Northeast is education and it is essentially extraction. The industries to support a good infrastructure have moved to Asia.
The fastest, cheaper, and best solution is to privatize and deregulate roads, bridges, airports, etc. These problems are caused by incompetent/corrupt politicians. It's absurd to think that another incompetent/corrupt politician can fix those problems.
I live in Chicago. Labor Unions control the construction of roads. They intentionally use defective concrete. In winter, water pours into cracks and freezes. The freezing water expands the cracks until we get major potholes and other problems. Labor Unions do this because defective concrete insures that they will always have construction jobs in the future. If we let the free market take over, this wouldn't be problem, because of competition. Near my old high school, a quarter mile strip of Potter Road took 3 years to repair. Many people needed that road to get to school (we didn't have school busses). The construction cut off the road and backed up traffic for miles. Meanwhile, Lutheran General Hospital (which is adjacent to Maine East High School) built a brand new 20 story wing within a few months. It's a perfect example of private construction vs government construction. The BI video also (barely) explained the problems with airport regulations.
Keep in mind that the US builds "bridges to nowhere" all the time. All infrastructure projects in this country are not chosen by efficiency, but by whatever special interest group has the most political clout.
That's not a problem with unions, that is bad oversight. The same could happen with a private company cutting corners or trying to milk a lucrative contract.
+Ralphie Raccoon Labor unions don't want oversight. Google "open secrets top organization contributors" and search for contributions for all election cycles (not just 2016). You'll find that 8 of the top 9 political contributions are from labor unions. Labor unions make money from government contracts and use a portion of the profits to lobby for even more government contracts. Labor unions control the Chicago construction industry. They intentionally use defective concrete and lobby to keep that policy in place. But you are right, the same can happen with businesses taking short cuts. Military corporations are notorious for it. My point is that this lack of oversight would not occur in a free market. If you privatized infrastructure, competition would force oversight.
Lack of oversight would not occur in a free market? Hah! The 2008 wall street crash proves otherwise. Except with critical infrastructure you'd be paying with lives rather than money.
I remember everyone in California was on board with the bullet train, and it got so much funding, it was all the hype, where tf is it now? It’s almost as if all that money just disappeared.
@@vinttag4312 hell ya I take pride in when people call Americans war mongers were those crazy bastards that every body talks about behind their back but are scared shitles off
You know what the problem is? Americans don't want to pay taxes... The gas tax hasn't been increased since 1993 when that is the most logical tax to increase to raise money to spend on the roads.
I think it's a state level concern. Just here in Massachusetts, they keep so many roads under reconstruction every year every other month almost anywhere in the state....
The most important thing about the congestion is forgotten in this video and isn’t seen by your politicians either. The biggest problem you have is the layout of your cities, because it is that spread out with big suburbs with big houses and lawns, that it isn’t possible for public transport to get everywhere and people have to take the car. This leads to overuse of cars and thus too many on the road. That’s the base of why there is so much congestion.
Oh Trump a Dump will get stuff done alright... for his pocket book. Laughing his ass off to the bank, while he leaves you and I high and dry. Another one bites the dust.
I live in the UK and our city centres are dying from a lack of investment. Old brick and motor retail buildings sit empty and in need of repair as people head to out of town to shiny new metel box stores on the out skirts. Except in my city of Sheffield. Our city centre is under going huge investment that's completely changing the map of the city centre thanks to investment from Chinese firms who have good connections to the city thanks the the huge numbers of Chinese students studying at our two university's. I know people are funny about China but they really have made a big improvement to my city
The levies have broken in the Netherlands. But not in recent years. In 1953 the southwestern part of the Netherlands was under water. Since then we've gotten better and better at fighting the sea.
stop saying that shit ! foreign countries are not taking your jobs, your esteemed and beloved corporations are giving them to foreign countries wholesale and the government is helping them by passing laws that make owning a business more tough and expensive in america
If all the billionaires moved to iraq, iraq would suddenly be the richest country in the world and it would still be a war zone. Being rich makes absolute no difference, being poor also makes no difference. Its all about what you do with the resources you have, and its not money, its workers, steel, concrete and most importantly, the willingness to work.
Instead of Mickey Mouse jobs in patching detoriated and beyond repair system, it is cheaper, better and faster to get them replaced. One must have the will to do it!
We need to light a fire under our collective asses! Our country is failing and it is because of bureaucracy and complacency! If we can fix problems that don’t exist yet with our tech, we should learn to fix problems in defense so our spending can be put towards defense. Being the baddest on the block by overspending really isn’t cutting it anymore.
What you are saying about the impact of infrastructure on economy holds a lot of truth. In Montreal, we've been busy rebuilding the Champlain Bridge, Turcot Interchange as well as building the REM. As a result, the private sector has started a number of large construction projects and unemployment has fallen quite a bit. The government has a role to play.
The military budget could probably be significantly reduced by negotiating contracts more aggressively and not upholding funding for failures by companies like Boeing.
Every politician loves talking about infrastructure because it gets positive response, but they rarely actually take action
TheEpic22 education and public transportation as well
It’s because as an Ideal it’s great. Who doesn’t like building more stuff.
But when it comes down to it, it requires taxes to pay for it. And politicians care more about their careers than the wellbeing of this country. Immediate blowback “my constituents refuse to pay/pay enough in taxes,” is seen as more persuasive than the realization that our infrastructure is failing and that WE NEED to fix it. Fixing it requires paying for it. Tough that you don’t like taxes, no one does. But if that’s what it takes, then that’s what it takes.
There is a philosophy in politics that says the government which governs least governs best. It's never too good to exert too much authority.🥂
Trump made a promise to build that Wall, whish he had made one to repair thees roads.
the only action they can take is increase national debt, or import slaves from outside.
I can't believe the nation with the most gdp has the most rustic infrastructure!!!
i meant highest gdp, Chill bro
It's an example to the end of the global exploitation. Your infrastructure will look like... this is what all nations in this idiotic race to the bottom have to look forward to... ain't it thrilling?!!!??!?!!
A rust bucket.
One word--Russia. That's the excuse.
But also a high population. Gdp per capita counts more.
We have a huge population and overspend on stupid shit.
There have been tons of floods in the Netherlands. We had a devastating one back in 1953, which flooded half a province and killed thousands. The reason we haven’t had any deadly ones since then is because we learned our lesson and invested massively into our infrastructure and Made ourselves world leaders in every aspect of water works.
Thats the problem with the usa they don't learn from their faults
@Allô français canadien could you stick to one language, please? I have no idea what you are saying. The Netherlands are pathetic? The Netherlands are pathogenic?
Since 1953 wr haven't seen that many floods tbh, which is quite spectacular because most of the dutch population lives below the sea level.
@Allô français canadien at least it's not germany or france.
I think you didn't take part in that
9:55 i laughed so hard, an intersection of railway lines, who the hell does that ?
Lack of central planning does that...
That's absolutely insane incompetence my god
pradhuman rehal , it’s cheap and simple to construct. Apparently the only consideration that matters.
i didnt even know a corssection like that is possible...havnet seen anything like that in Europe
Grega Jezersek , one needs to be extremely irresponsible to do this as it is inherently unsafe, way too many factors that can go wrong.
I really like how the lady at the end put the responsibility on millennial's, just like the generation before her put the responsibility on her.
That's a good one.
And her generation (The baby Boomers) have failed as a whole. Like a hedge fund they crashed on to the scene and took everything of value and left nothing but a wreckage behind. Maybe the millennials will right the ship, but how many businesses have failed after the hedge fund cashed out and bolted.
Ok cool, it’s already happened. What next? Us waiting for the next generation to blame them after, or Manning up and doing something now
Geneneration before Millennials gave ZERO value . All the do renting out walls ( homes) to young people @ crazy price .
Once again the baby boomer generation was gifted a national treasure and left a broken shell for everyone else.
I thought we were too busy ruining your environment. You should panic!
Yes. Boomers really are the worst generation
Yeah, the next generations were robbed and by the time we figured it out it's a mess.
If you are 60-70 shame on you
@staytunedfor no..all baby boomers
Not conservative ones
It's about money, not you
Any business got over unions and laws, export business and didn't care about the home because it is too expensive
The worst generation. As we take over, we need to be cutting all “their” benefits to repair the damage.
When 61% of you discretionary budget is spendt on the military, you really don't get to complain. You have no funding issues, only a devastatingly misguided priority list.
And please, shut up about "keeping us safe", spare that talking point for someone who doesn't know anything about the issue. You get to choose, having an empire or having clean drinking water and bridges that don't collapse at home, or an empire "to keep you safe", if you chose the latter you don't get to complain about the former.
It's gotten this far: You know have the best military protecting a mediocre nation. *Would you pay the most expensive insurance on a Toyota Corolla?*
What a bummer I can't give multiple likes on RUclips.
stfu Mohammad
America could easily cut 95% of its military budget and not one person on the planet would be any less safe than they are now. In fact, many people would probably be much safer
@@Commie_Mike They will never be safe. It's pointless to keep our military troops in certain regions that will always have tensions and conflicts.
@@wolfgangsimonsiv9444 racist.
Now nearly 22 Trillion debt. Climbing 1 trillion a year. Interest payments soon to be 1 trillion per year. Keep doing war bases around the world. At least you are number 1 in this regard.
Problem is the shitty healthcare inneficiencies and not taxing the rich properly and having a too big of a military
Actually wars are a pretty good way to drag in money from allies.
@@donverga it's spending rich people owe you nothing the government is spending to much and the usa doesn't even fight wars much compared to other nations
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The one thing this video did not mention is where the money will come from. When the interstate system was built in the 1950s, the highest tax rate in America was 70%. Today, many large corporations pay no tax, real wages have declined which means a shrinking tax base, our presidents keep giving their rich cronies one trillion-dollar tax cut after another and our national debt is as large as our entire economy. Infrastructure is not a business. It will not finance itself (just like the military). The last international airport built in the US was Denver International in 1994. This isn't rocket science. If we want to repair our infrastructure then we need to find ways to pay for it even if that means rolling back some of those tax cuts and closing some tax loopholes.
Government borrowing is the crime... Government borrowing is the problem... Government borrowing is why we have 22 trillion dollars of national debt deficit
Government needs to resume printing the United States dollar... Government needs to be forced to cease borrowing phony scrip dollars from me red shield controlled phony Central Bank
good point. who is going to pay for the infrastructure ? and you do not need infra nobody uses. I mean US has airports , roads and all stuff people need. building infra nobody needs is money wasted. 16 trillion looks like too much. instead on spending the money on building large scale infra, I would probably spend it on the public. at least there would be a multiplier effect.
you don't understand the cancer eating our economy... gvt debt..
gvt debt ? nonsense..we have had gvt debt for ever..there is nothing new there...
au contraire..rot shield seized control of the fed (and it's 2 predecessors) as it was chartered..! fed is no more federal than federal express.. it is a private corp.. controlled by the bankster cartel... issuing counterfeited currency.. FRNs.. loaning FRNs to gvt..a debt plus interest...on the u s taxpayers...
these red shield criminals make even the russian mob look like boisterous kids..
the roth schild cartel control the world's central banks..
give me control of a nation's currency and I care not who makes the laws... Nathan Rothschild
die falscher lends
government spends
makes i r s extract
to pay the loanshark back
the 70% taxes the US had didn't work because after Regan cut taxes the productivity of America stayed the same and the US government received more taxable income. what should happen is that taxes should be simplified (i.e. a 25% FLAT income tax that everyone [incl. private companies] pays if earning $20K> and if earning
@@wclifton968gameplaystutorials
all misses the fact that gvt has BORROWED US INTO 22 TRILLION DOLLARS OF DEBT
This guy wore 5 different shirts, all flannel.
he's a champ
He's a walking cliché...
@Stay Hungry
Why he's a lumber Jack and that's OKAY!
@@activat0rz where as you're a online bore.
@@activat0rz he needs a latte to finish the look
Sloution:Invest in mass transit, because the maintenance costs of the transportation infrastructure will drop significantly
Spend your money on wars and this happens
why should a country pay interest to a private entity to print its own money? that just DUMB!
@@william848 federal only in name
It's the only way they can keep the mo.ey scam going everyone can blame everyone else, nothing changes, no one at fault yep, it's a great system 😀
We NEED to invest more into our infrastructure!!! Love the emphasis on Chicago, as I lived there for 2 years, but this is also a national dilemma. Let another example, the 2007 I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, show that our bridges / roads / building are in bad shape. This is a one of the largest threats to our economic and societal growth and everyone needs to tune in. Thank you for watching!! Share this knowledge people, cheers!
They could stop spending $600 billion on military
Idiot
Kaden Frasert So sorry that now the USA can’t because of the number and power of enemies that Trump has made all around the world.
Cutting the military will boost up to 63% but really we need to fund the infrastructure America should stop living in the past thinking the 1950's is the future. Convert the current highways to rails that could cut back prices. Blame the corrupted politicians and foreign lobbyist such as AIPAC and Zionists in Congress.
@007 jb bullshit
@007 jb God I hoped India bombs the shit out of your little country
I have noticed one big issue with our current version of democracy.
Not the intellectual with the highest competence is elected, but the marketeer with the biggest mouth!
Saying we spend too much on defense is not the reason we have bad infrastructure. It takes 10 years for something to be approved, let alone built, and the government has been inefficient in building things when they have money to do it.
YEA LIKE SAN FRANCISCO-- FLORIDA--
ITS SINKING AND WATER IS RISING
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MAKING WEAPONS INSTEAD OF HELPING YOUR PEOPLE🙁🙁
This is what happens when Congress is on the payroll of Wall Street.
We spent a $trillion destroying and then "rebuilding" Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ahem, it is over 2 trillion.
October 2019 The debt is over 20 Trillion and still rising. So does the Defence budged even no one ever attac the US.
Shit hapens all the time.
America: Yeah'uh so about the money.. *looks to china*
China: *looks at Europe*
Europe: Look at least hand us back our gold reserves
America: Yeah'uhh so about the gold reserves..
Taming the rivers was a mistake that started a 100 years ago. Channeling the rivers with walls and levees is a mistake. Large rivers have natural flood plains, look at the Mississippi River and it's obvious and for comparison look at other major waterways across the globe, such as the Amazon or the Nile where the river is able to "shed" its over flow on the banks, creating vázeas and the equivalent in Egypt. There are a whole ecosystems which collapsed with putting up levees and the people that live right next to them know this. But real state dictates otherwise.
I heard that the same was done for branches of major rivers, almost like making linear water highways so that cargo could get faster to the sea. The results are bad overtime, and it seems like a pen in the hand of an elected authority would be very useful there. because all it would take is to move those towns to a new land away from the danger. But somehow nothing of true benefit for the population happens, and the legal process is lengthy, so people walk away and become street beggars or relocate to sewer systems as living quarters, and reproduction areas, or go to the woods.
Problem is, flood plains are very attractive to build on, nice and flat so not much landscaping needed, and no steep slopes to prevent access from highways and railways. Plus in years past the river would also be an important transportation feature, it was how you moved freight and passengers before highways and railways. A village on a hill is isolated, expensive to construct and hard to connect. A village in a valley is cheap to build and easy to connect to other villages.
Funny how there's always money for war.
@Jerome Lund
Dont think about it and keep digging for them.
War never changes.
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Exactly!!
A mess of a lobbying chaos.
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Car culture should never have been started.
@Quirin vore the rich
Quirin please, explain what makes him communistic? He does not display any traits of communism.
Car culture is good, but the infrastructure that came with it was neither car centerd or pedestrian centered. It was just stupid.
@Naomerz69
"Elvis loved cars._
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I don't.
people come up to me and say "You look like some famous." all the time though.
@@honkhonk8009
"Car culture is good, but the infrastructure that came with it was neither car centerd or pedestrian centered. It was just stupid."
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What's your solution that nobody knows?
It’s because we been spending it on too much military.
Jaybriel Akoi america spends the same % if gdp on its military along with many other developed countries. the military doesn’t just protect national security but it helps provide natural disaster relief, food and humanitarian aid, and medical assistance to impoverished areas. cuts in military spending could put lower class americans in danger especially from natural disasters and various other risks
@@arshanhosseini6492 not really. There is devisioning in the us military. The one you are talking about the one that provides humanitarian aid, help, and so on are the national guard and homeland defence. Cuts in the military budget can levy a toll only on some new weapon devolepment projects or equipment renewing. The us military could take a hit in the budget and saved money could be used instead for strategic investments just like China having long term effects rather than short term and sparking tensions.
You do realize the USA is responsible for the defense of other countries right? We are the Icelandic military...
Vintago No one is invading Island
I spent 11 years in the Army and worked for 3 star generals. I understand we are the world defense against evil but seriously the definition of department of defense is fraud waste and abuse.
I’m watching from my country of Australia and we have the opposite problem we have no water.
You are literally surrounded by water
How will that water get to rural AUS. It can’t also the water around Australia is saltwater so you need desalination plants to purify the water and they are not widespread around Australia.
@@shadedman6035 yea so is the flood water in the us
That’s not point. I wish it was that easy man but it truly isn’t. I know your water from floods is saltwater. I know that. But you actually have full dams and rain in most of you country. Here it’s not so widespread. The point is water levels are at an all time low even when it rained our dams didn’t fill. The farmers are selling their stock to survive. Mate all I need to say is that yes some parts of your country have the same issue but here it’s much more common.
@@shadedman6035 since Australia is upside down, the water fell out of Australia and in to space
Gen X: Hey millenials, will you solve our infrastucture problem?
Millenials: Yeah sure, but could you do something about climate chan-
Gen X: Okay thanks great!
Gen x aren’t even adults yet.
rad taso and also, Some Gen Z are already in college, so yes they’re adults.
It's not only the infrastructure, it's also the people who live on it. Just recently they fixed up a pretty big parking lot which had a few cracks and was filled with bird shit thanks to the homeless who kept throwing food there. They fixed the parking lot up but that didn't change how the people still handled the road. Bird shit was there, food and trash would be on the ground, and shopping carts were everywhere. I guess it's a ghetto area but I hate how I can't do anything about it.
Sorry Trump while I did vote for you we don't have the "worst trains" we have the worst PASSENGER TRAINS! The freight trains are amazing since they are owned by PRIVATE companies and not the government beuracrats!
Adam Smith all those freight trains use public rails and bridges which are in alarmingly horrible condition. If there were up to snuff, business could move product at a more efficient pace.
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The tracks themselves are privately owned, save for local stretches giving multiple competing railroads equal access to ports or other intermodal facilities.
Most european countries have publicly owned railroads that work very efficiently. Britain privatized its rail system and it's a mess.
Nah man. Private companies are paid by the government. Whats worse than a public entity? A private entity funded by a public entity.
Too much money spent on military and bases world wide...not enough spent on infrastructure and families.
Europe, China and Japan are ahead of Future of Modern High-speed Rails renovations of roads and Bridges While America is Wayy Behind on Everything while other Countries are Laughing at U.S because the U.S Doesn't Have High Speed Rail connect State To State and Modern Airport and Moderniz Roads instead of waisting Money on Negative things that the government is spending they should focus more on Transportation Modernise Airports Roads and Bridges.
@Niels van Maas CHINA BUILT A 30 MILE BRIDGE OVER A BAY
HUGEEEEEE TOO
What’s really ironic, is that we are doing this so we can compete with not only China but also the US.
Depends which part of Europe you are talking about. My neighborhood have no fast trains anywhere near. That part of Europe that everybody are mentioning... that’s very small part actually compared to the landmass of the United States.
I guess you guys just need to do some maintenance... actually we need to do it in Europe also.
In America they like to over dramatize things because many people haven’t been out of their huge country. So it’s easy to make people feel left behind.
It’s the same like some Americans believe that China is very rich country...
Well, I live in China and this place have its issues... the biggest one is total poverty where millions have no access to electricity and running water...
it’s easy to build random railways and empty cities under authoritarian regime.
In democracy, politicians have to explain why those things are actually built. Sometimes those railways are not very useful. Though those look good on the video. The same thing with some super high show off skyscrapers that look good on the photos... the fact is that the same country might have problem with drinking water and hunger...
Long story short... don’t believe the things they say if they compare you with the rest of the world...
Lol chinas bullet trains are copied from Japan
Hoho Hihi and Japanese ancient infrastructure is copied from China. Gun powder, the compass and so many other inventions are copied from the Chinese. Even Asia. Countries have morals that copy Chinese one. 🙄
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this comes from vice news
"..... Comes down to a lack of leadership.... " means Congress must work with the President, but the fractured situation we have now, Godhelp us!
Agreed Mr.Peeler. Please check out my last video, thanks!
I’m happy that in 2022 Congress has finally passed a massive trillion dollar infrastructure. It is badly needed and should have been done a long time ago.
Every major city in America should have a large and reliable public transportation system that includes a reliable commuter rail, light rail, and/or metro rail system. It increases property value and makes the city accessible to anyone without forcing the need for a car. The ideal city should have enough dense, mixed use, walkable neighborhoods and public transportation infrastructure in place that you shouldn't need a car. An overabundance of freeways is objectively terrible urban planning. What we're left with is cities that have been built for the car, but not for people.
5:40 When you have Minecraft mods.
Ah the good years when the US debt was less than $20 trillion. 2019. that figure is now closer to $24 trillion, with $1 trillion of more debt added each year.
Awww how cute. It is now 2021 and US debt is now over $28 trillion. We are now closer to 32 trillion than $16 trillion. As to why your commute is so long? The US will spend $750 bn on its military while China will spend over $1000bn on its infrastructure... it is all about priorities.
We have the worst infrastructure but hey, we have the Air Force One, aircraft carriers, B1, B2 and the MOABs. Americans can stand tall and proud.
Just greed...just fix the roads...but then only certain folks get to bid on these jobs....only in America..
There is a simple reason why this has happened. Private companies could not make money from the infrastructure. Free market capitalist systems do not encourage investment as money cannot be made from it . Tax cutters and lobbyists are blamed for this
Duck Man The frieght railroads (which is all owned by 7 private companies) disagree with you....
Adam Smith can I see you make a documentary and a degree in what you are talking about
Yes, levees have broken in the Netherlands; 1953.
Stephen Jones It was a disaster. But that will not happen again. We have built massive civil engineering projects protecting our country from the North Sea. No where else in the world could you find flooding protection at this scale. You can see it all by yourself and visit. I live -5 meters and I feel very safe.
If there is so much problem internally why keep interrupting other country’s problems?
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The problem gets worse over time as more of the money from the tax base is spent to feed the interest on debt leaving less money to pay for infrastructure upkeep.
I think there's some poetic justice in the fact that California, a very liberal state, has spent billions of dollars and over a decade on a high speed rail system that hasn't even gotten built. Yet Florida, a relatively conservative state, has built a high speed rail in less time, no state income tax, and is actually operating.
Jeff P Lol, defund “high speed”. At this rate India’s going to get High Speed Rail before we do...
The rest of the world considers high speed as 250 kmh or above..
As an outsider to me it would be a logical and amazing move to take all US soldiers to make those repairs on infrastructure. It would keep the REP happy with a high budget for the army, get the DEM happy with an actual "use" to the army which would not be sensless war and a great initiative for the army to ease troop transport incase of invasion or attack. To me the large amount of budget that is slowly being outdated set for the army would be justified by these repaires. Private contractors could work hand in hand with the army, civil and engenire corp, archotechs , city planners, soldier all working to make the infrastructure better. It would also help the army get a better image. The savoirs of the infrastructure. Just an idea.
Now that's a really interesting idea. Maybe we should do it here in germany too, as we don't really have many working jets and tanks anyway.
@@benjaminmuller9348 Your army has an underfunding problem. It would be a terrible idea. If it wasnt for american funding, your army would prolly go broke. Not a good idea
Problem is, their soldiers. Not really the right proffesion for this shit.
America doesnt spend money on military out of national pride or because it wants to, it does it because of lobbying. $150k for a single missile that blows up a single tent.
Instead of spending $15k on a regular LAW system, soldiers were forced to use Javelin ATGMs during Iraq, and costed taxpayers insane amounts of money.
Its these idiots and politicians and boomers getting comfy jobs in whatever company lobbied during their 10 year terms.
According to world atlas, America is ranked 9th out of 137 countries for its infrastructure. Yet this comment section makes it seem like the US has the infrastructure of a war torn nation
This video needs to go viral.
5 more trillions to spread freedom in Hong Kong
I live on a high Hill... I don't care about levees.
Yeah well, millions of Americans do. Moving on.
More tax cuts! More tax cuts! Let’s destroy Obamacare! More tax cuts! Let’s reelect Trump! Make America Great again! More tax cuts! Everything is going well!
We're basically basking in the crumbling glory of our forefathers. Who knew that sacrifices had to be made in order to achieve greatness instead of always asking what's in it for me.
Private-Public Partnership Infrastructure Corporations building, renovating and operating Toll financed facilities, I am in favor of Tax funded Infrastructure but I doubt it will be possible to persuade a majority of American voters to allow average tax rates to rise back to 35 % of GDP, solution regulated privatizacion.
Privatization causes more problems than it solves.
The US is falling apart and behind Asia and Europe. The largest industry in the Northeast is education and it is essentially extraction. The industries to support a good infrastructure have moved to Asia.
The us isn’t falling apart
No it's just jeap
12:29 No words needed: The impact of truck tires on asphalt. I always wondered about that. If it is true and what could be done against it.
I don't understand, WTF they being doing with our taxes?!?!? I thought this is WHY we pay taxes to take care of things like this?!?!?!
The fastest, cheaper, and best solution is to privatize and deregulate roads, bridges, airports, etc. These problems are caused by incompetent/corrupt politicians. It's absurd to think that another incompetent/corrupt politician can fix those problems.
I live in Chicago. Labor Unions control the construction of roads. They intentionally use defective concrete. In winter, water pours into cracks and freezes. The freezing water expands the cracks until we get major potholes and other problems. Labor Unions do this because defective concrete insures that they will always have construction jobs in the future. If we let the free market take over, this wouldn't be problem, because of competition. Near my old high school, a quarter mile strip of Potter Road took 3 years to repair. Many people needed that road to get to school (we didn't have school busses). The construction cut off the road and backed up traffic for miles. Meanwhile, Lutheran General Hospital (which is adjacent to Maine East High School) built a brand new 20 story wing within a few months. It's a perfect example of private construction vs government construction. The BI video also (barely) explained the problems with airport regulations.
Keep in mind that the US builds "bridges to nowhere" all the time. All infrastructure projects in this country are not chosen by efficiency, but by whatever special interest group has the most political clout.
That's not a problem with unions, that is bad oversight. The same could happen with a private company cutting corners or trying to milk a lucrative contract.
+Ralphie Raccoon Labor unions don't want oversight. Google "open secrets top organization contributors" and search for contributions for all election cycles (not just 2016). You'll find that 8 of the top 9 political contributions are from labor unions. Labor unions make money from government contracts and use a portion of the profits to lobby for even more government contracts. Labor unions control the Chicago construction industry. They intentionally use defective concrete and lobby to keep that policy in place. But you are right, the same can happen with businesses taking short cuts. Military corporations are notorious for it. My point is that this lack of oversight would not occur in a free market. If you privatized infrastructure, competition would force oversight.
Lack of oversight would not occur in a free market? Hah! The 2008 wall street crash proves otherwise. Except with critical infrastructure you'd be paying with lives rather than money.
4 years later and trump fixed everything? :P
He didnt fixed anything!
@@TOFKAS01 what a surprise
Could he? Congress was at litteral gridlock
The your Government is only focus on Military and Nasional Security!
Not the PEOPLE
Too many politicians investing in their pockets rather than infrastructure... 😥
I remember everyone in California was on board with the bullet train, and it got so much funding, it was all the hype, where tf is it now?
It’s almost as if all that money just disappeared.
When your goverment wastes 5 trillion on weapons and war, rather than helping then people
I know right like how we spend money on the defense of other countries craaazy bro we are so war mongering and selfish
@@vinttag4312 hell ya I take pride in when people call Americans war mongers were those crazy bastards that every body talks about behind their back but are scared shitles off
Glad to see my work is cut out for me when I become a civil engineer
You know what the problem is? Americans don't want to pay taxes... The gas tax hasn't been increased since 1993 when that is the most logical tax to increase to raise money to spend on the roads.
Drive in russia, then you will appreciate us roads, they feel like silk in comparison 😅
Waiting for the Millenials to fix the problem, hahaha lmao!
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Yes, after their parents destroyed everything.
Whining and complaining can't fix anything the millennials want everything for free and don't wanna pay for any of it except for a new iPhone.
Sadly, the older generation is leaving the millenial generation unemployed/underemployed and broke.
I think it's a state level concern.
Just here in Massachusetts, they keep so many roads under reconstruction every year every other month almost anywhere in the state....
The most important thing about the congestion is forgotten in this video and isn’t seen by your politicians either. The biggest problem you have is the layout of your cities, because it is that spread out with big suburbs with big houses and lawns, that it isn’t possible for public transport to get everywhere and people have to take the car. This leads to overuse of cars and thus too many on the road. That’s the base of why there is so much congestion.
But hey trump needs to ride around the country in his 3k per min airplane
He's the president..
U have never been the model of the world lol
8:19 In LGA's defence it is under construction to fix these problems so it's only at 2/3 of it's capacity
All the money has gone to the Pentagon
It's time to elect a business man to office, someone who can actually get shit done. Trump2016
10% taxes = 16 trillion lol fuck off
Oh Trump a Dump will get stuff done alright... for his pocket book. Laughing his ass off to the bank, while he leaves you and I high and dry.
Another one bites the dust.
Haha how is that working out for you?
I would love to see our infrastructure improved in my lifetime
Unfortunately, China's, poorest 5th tier cities are now far better!
come on, how can we spare any money for infrastructure, we need that money for the military and tax breaks for the rich.
Idk about this but how about instead of building levees how about we stop building in flood plains and drainage basins
How? We ignored our infrastructure while other places made bi-yearly inspections and repaired or replaced any deficient sections.
Quick answer Military spending.
Hay I’m from Sacramento are, this is terrifying
I live in the UK and our city centres are dying from a lack of investment. Old brick and motor retail buildings sit empty and in need of repair as people head to out of town to shiny new metel box stores on the out skirts. Except in my city of Sheffield. Our city centre is under going huge investment that's completely changing the map of the city centre thanks to investment from Chinese firms who have good connections to the city thanks the the huge numbers of Chinese students studying at our two university's. I know people are funny about China but they really have made a big improvement to my city
The levies have broken in the Netherlands. But not in recent years. In 1953 the southwestern part of the Netherlands was under water. Since then we've gotten better and better at fighting the sea.
Vote for Trump to get out of the middle East and to spend that money at home.
4 years later.. nothing changed. At least regarding the infrastructure, the debt is piling up like there's no tomorrow.
stop saying that shit ! foreign countries are not taking your jobs, your esteemed and beloved corporations are giving them to foreign countries wholesale and the government is helping them by passing laws that make owning a business more tough and expensive in america
If all the billionaires moved to iraq, iraq would suddenly be the richest country in the world and it would still be a war zone.
Being rich makes absolute no difference, being poor also makes no difference. Its all about what you do with the resources you have, and its not money, its workers, steel, concrete and most importantly, the willingness to work.
It really hit me when she said that she hopes the millenial generation will take this on and starts imagining the way things could be and PUSH!
Actually yes Netherlands has had levee breakthroughs 1953 for instance and a couple of close calls in more recent years.
Instead of Mickey Mouse jobs in patching detoriated and beyond repair system, it is cheaper, better and faster to get them replaced. One must have the will to do it!
Traintrack crossroads ? Wow, never seen anything stupid like this...never !..
Its the downfall of America now
Yeap so true. Even LAX is International terminal is so old and so small. Just old.
This happen when you forget about your house and only dreams of how and who among your neighbours you will going to destroy their house
Aaaaaaand it's too late to solve the problem now. America's no longer the center of the global economy for any of us outside the USA
I don't know why the country which was my dream place during my childhood is suffering from such a pathetic conditions.
We need to light a fire under our collective asses! Our country is failing and it is because of bureaucracy and complacency! If we can fix problems that don’t exist yet with our tech, we should learn to fix problems in defense so our spending can be put towards defense. Being the baddest on the block by overspending really isn’t cutting it anymore.
Lol I work for Union Pacific as a conductor. Railroads are their own worst enemy. PSR doesn’t help a thing and neither do 3 mile long 20+k ton trains.
What you are saying about the impact of infrastructure on economy holds a lot of truth. In Montreal, we've been busy rebuilding the Champlain Bridge, Turcot Interchange as well as building the REM. As a result, the private sector has started a number of large construction projects and unemployment has fallen quite a bit. The government has a role to play.
I haven't watched this yet, but if it doesn't talk about the defense budget, then they aren't telling the whole story.
The military budget could probably be significantly reduced by negotiating contracts more aggressively and not upholding funding for failures by companies like Boeing.