[knowuh]

You could use that argument to defund any infrastructure you wanted, existing or proposed.

In the long run, not funding infrastructure has the same effect as killing it.

Once a sizeable populist group decides that taxes are theft, it will frame every policy decision we make, until we destroy our once-great institutions.

There was a time when the USA dreamed big, believed in itself and invested in itself. We had a growth mindset.

We have all been told to "look out for number one." They say that our government is corrupt and incompetent. They say we should drown it in a bathtub like an unwanted kitten.

Some A+ fear mongering out there in the austerity universe.

[bassman9000]

Funny you mention fearmongering after

In the long run, not funding infrastructure has the same effect as killing it.