“We’re here today because we’re finally addressing an issue that should have been addressed a long time ago in this country — the danger that lead pipes pose to our drinking water,” Mr. Biden said. “For too long, local communities have known how important it was to deal with this problem. It hadn’t been given the national priority that it demanded though. I’m here today to tell you that I’m finally insisting that it gets prioritized and I’m insisting it get done.”
~ Joseph Biden, next write-in candidate that’ll win the next election.
I’m not quite sure what to say to this one. Out of nowhere you’re dropping a ten year deadline for upending the entire decaying sewer infrastructure of the U.S in like, the last stretch of your career? The fuck?
The US government is physically incapable of doing anything but print money and use violence. That’s not even hyperbole, every arm of the government that used to be able to build stuff is hollowed out. If a president got into power right now and dedicated his agenda to upgrading infrastructure, they wouldn’t be able to accomplish much because they’d have to hire everything out to private contractors who fleece the government. Or you’d have to build new agencies from scratch like FDR did, but he had four terms, the world’s worst depression, and a world war to justify it.