I am all for maintaining our infrastructure and we should do it now before more bridges fall down. Interest charges are VERY low right now so it is very cheap for government to do this kind of work. Most of it requires lots of skilled labor that is not repetitive enough to make automation useful. Of course we do have things like paving equipment instead of men with shovels, but that's where the "skilled" part comes into play.

Not really about the topic of this thread, but some government spending now could delay the need for a UBI for a while. Since this kind of work really will continue to be needed, it means some percentage of us will have jobs for a long time.

And who could oppose this? Simple, end-time Christians think Jesus could come back at any time now, so why do maintenance? ROTFMOL