Regardless of the political divide that has ended congressional action on so many issues confronting the nation, failing to fund infrastructure development is punishing America.
Without repairing, renewing and building the highways, tunnels and bridges that make commerce possible, the country cannot grow expanding possibilities for our citizens.
President Dwight Eisenhower marveled at the Nazi use of infrastructure that made their ability to war on against overwhelming odds possible. When he attained the presidency, Eisenhower called upon Congress to copy what the Germans had achieved.
That is why America enjoys the interstate highways that have served and invigorated expansion of our commerce worldwide.
Every dollar spent on infrastructure returns to the government and the benefit of the economy multiple times. The logic for refusing to fund infrastructure cannot be found within the economics rather in the political calculations of the opponents.
The polarization of American politics with its overt hatreds is and will continue to be an internal threat to the nation’s security. It weakens America at home and therefore overseas, raising the hopes of enemies and terrorists.
In the absence of accepting compromise over dogma, the future for the U.S. seems bleak.
Edward Horn
Baldwin, L.I.
