infrastructure

Today we learned about how congress is in gridlock because of the lobbyists, whom are affiliated with certain political parties, that are taking the place of experts to promote their party agenda. This a problem because infrastructure is our nation's foundation. People are not able to get to places that they would normally be able to if they had some kind of infrastructure. For example in the New York, new Yorkers really wanted Penn station to be renovated because the walls were crumbling and the water was seeping through, however Trump didn't want to allocate funds to renovating the train because he wanted to fund money for his wall. Although the president is legally allowed to decline to sign, it still is kind of shady. Infrastructure is important in New York because its is not only their that main source of transportation, but also a source of their economy. New York is integral to the US economy, (stock market, etc),  that the entire country could go into recession. Pennsylvania and New jersey also wanted the rail road lines because many people use it for the commute. There was an accident in Minneapolis where a bridge broke because it was unsteady and people on top of the bridge died. This is just one example of unsteady infrastructure. A dam in Orville broke and flooded the entire vicinity. In addition, infrastructure bills are not able to sometime get past the majority leaders agenda, (i.e. Mitch McDonnell) because they don't want the other political party to attain a "victory" and put in on the bottom of their list. Americans need an infrastructure bill because without it, many people could die unnecessary deaths.