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Infrastructure spending should have one of the best returns on investment that government spending can. It generates economic activity during the build phase, and continues to deliver a return after completion.

"Just move" isn't a reasonable alternative. Many people in rural areas can't afford to live anywhere else - having access to decent internet might help change that.

Countries that print their own currency and issue debt in their own currency find it very hard to go broke.

Countries that own the major global currency needed for trade are even less likely to go broke.

We can’t afford anything but trillions in borrowed money show up year after year anyways.