Believe you me, &quot;crumbling infrastructure&quot; has been a constant talking point of those who want greater federal spending for decades. Not to say it&#x27;s all crying wolf, but if it had been true the whole time it was being complained about, by now things would be more obviously crumbled.<p>State governments in particular love federal infrastructure spending, since it is more or less a direct cash transfer to a) their own budgets, where local infrastructure spending can crowd out other priorities and b) the politically potent building and construction trades.