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As it turns out, infrastructure exists in various states, which can each fund repairs. Not that federal funds need to be continually authorized over and over, if the program is put in place properly to begin with it includes maintenance. But congress needs to justify its existence and keep people paying attention to their silly team red/team blue arguments, so they make sure that things you want - like federal money being dumped on your state's infrastructure - hang in the balance.
Oh no!
It is a fundamental right that all children should have... just like food, clothing, basic medical care, shelter, and even attention. I don't want the federal government providing any of that.
It does exist in various states, but years of neglect and disrepair haven't helped either. Over 58,000 bridges in the US are in disrepair. Many of those are a part of the interstate highway system which is the federal government's responsibility to maintain not the States. I agree that the bickering and carrot dangling needs to stop to fund these projects, but I won't hold my breath, unfortunately I know how politics really work.
I already know how you feel about Federal guidance of education, I was just making the point that Trump called it the "Civil rights issue of our time" and made a campaign promise to clean up inner cities, a priority on education would help deliver on that promise.