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First Line (for search results): The US has $9 trillion in infrastructure damage—a deliberate result of 40 years of policy choices prioritizing tax cuts over investment. Here's why America's roads, bridges, and water systems are failing, and what it costs.

Why is American infrastructure failing? It's not because we lack money or engineering expertise. It's because of deliberate policy choices made in the 1980s and compounded every year since. In this video, we trace the collapse of US infrastructure investment, examine three case studies (Flint's water crisis, California's failing aqueducts, and the deteriorating Interstate Highway System), and reveal the $9.1 trillion repair bill now coming due.

This isn't just about potholes. Infrastructure decay undermines economic competitiveness, reduces productivity, costs lives, and represents a failure of long-term thinking. The data is clear: the US has dropped from 3.5% of federal spending on infrastructure in 1960 to under 1% of GDP today, while China invests roughly 9% annually. The result: 45,000 structurally deficient bridges, lead pipes poisoning millions of American children, and highways designed to last 40 years that are now 70 years old.

We examine:

The historical moment when infrastructure investment collapsed (1980s tax cuts)
Why deferred maintenance compounds costs exponentially
Flint, Michigan: how water infrastructure failure destroyed a city
California's aging aqueduct system: infrastructure on borrowed time
The Interstate Highway System: 70 years past its design lifespan
Why the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is insufficient
The economic cost of infrastructure failure: $200B annually in lost productivity