December 5, 2012 at 5:59 am
#779066
skeeter
Participant
I agree with DBP’s post #5. Specifically, I think that “changed spending priorities” is the biggest reason for lack of infrastructure spending. The powers that be think that our money is better spent on other things.
I’d love to see a study that compares total fed and state gov’t expenditures (as a percentage of GDP) comparing 1920 (or 1930 or 1940) to 2006 with the following categories:
1. infrastructure
2. education
3. social programs
4. foreign aid
5. crime prevention and enforcement
6. military
7. corporate welfare
8. Whatever else I’m missing…
Does anyone know if such a study or comparison exists?