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Originally Posted by Kenmore
sea level rise will eventually push development costs to levels that shut things down as adaption vacuums up remaining capital, probably within the next 50 years
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We will have the capital (the u.s) that is, the question is how to distrubute it.
Here is the U.S. Budget.
Look at all of that spending. Look at how much is allocated towards infrastructure or housing.
THE MONEY IS THERE... but the allocation sucks, because its the U.S.. Imagine if we spent 20% on housing/infrastructure. Were we would be in a couple of years?
Its laughable. Look at transportation or science?
We cause our own issues.
The Federal budget needs to be bigger for our cities and our transportation grid. Its a sacrilege.
This country is going down the tubes, and its why the world is looking more towards China. U.S. hegemony needs to be challenged, as competition is good! Might wake us up.
On a side note, most of our U.S. cities lack woefully to the international competition. We have a few great ones, but the rest... holy shit! Europe and Asia are eating us alive... and its all self-induced hardship.