Defining 'Infrastructure' Is a Nonsense Argument
The chattering class is getting distracted by a meaningless question when Biden's primary task is to build a better country.
An infrastructure bill can include more than just roads and bridges.
Source: Bloomberg
The debate over President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill has become preoccupied with the unimportant question of what counts as infrastructure. This is a pointless distraction; what really matters isn't how to define infrastructure, but what the government needs to spend money on to improve the country.
Less than half of Biden’s proposed $2.25 trillion in government spending would go to things that we typically refer to as “infrastructure,” such as roads, bridges, airports, water systems, transit and electrical grids. The rest includes spending on research and development, schools, housing, elder care, education, and support for manufacturing and small business. Some opponents are using this fact to attack the bill: