Repeating myself for the trillionth time here, but this country really does have some serious infrastructure issues. Stuff is old and deteriorating. Many of these repair jobs aren't especially complicated, though the longer they're deferred the more complicated and expensive they become. While paying people to dig holes and fill them up again would be better than not doing that, we're "fortunate" enough for there to be plenty of things that really should be done in this country. Someone just needs to get on the teevee and make the case.
