Many of President Biden’s future plans are centered on the repair and improvement of America’s infrastructure. For many people that means the brick, mortar, steel, asphalt and mechanical facilities that allow America’s economy to function. Unfortunately, that definition is as out of date as a bathroom being an outhouse.
The error in that type of thinking is that it excludes humanity, our citizens, as a crucial part of that support system for America’s economy and the nation as a whole. It is a product of narrow thinking that places the importance of business, machinery, finance and wealth at a level equal with or even above that of the human condition.
The president’s opponents demand that we focus only on the products of humanity’s efforts when offering repair and improvements. They offer nothing to the majority of the nation except the trickle-down benefits derived from the improved infrastructure. Those of us over 40 know how “trickle-down” has kept the nation on a flat line, allowed this decay to happen and increased the income of only the rich for years.
Rather than the above narrow thinking, wouldn’t it be better to consider our infrastructure as not only the iron and steel constructs but also the men and women who maintain the health of, educate, feed, sell to, provide financing and homes etcetera for America?
Thank you Mr. President for considering us, the American people, as equal or more important parts of America’s infrastructure than bricks or pieces of steel. Please don’t make the mistake your opponents have and cater only to the top 2% of the citizens, their businesses and their minions.
Ned Sheats, Mission
