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>>tedsan+(OP)
SoftBank and MGX paying for all this, all foreign investment.

Where is the US government in all this? Why aren't they leading the charge? They obviously have the money.

>>mempko+Z3
$500 billion is a lot of money even by US government standards. It's about the size of all the new spending in the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure bill.

>>apsec1+r4
For the US government it's a matter of political will. Where is the political will?

>>mempko+26
The political will is trying to balance a large existing debt at increasing interest rates, a significant primary deficit even in a good economy, rising military threats from China, a strong Republican desire for tax cuts, extremely popular entitlement programs that no one wants to touch, and an aging population with a declining birthrate