A few years ago someone in Congress suggested that an additional tax on gas (less than a dollar?) would provide the resources needed to provide money for infrastructure rebuilding. Delaying the process will allow China to surpass America in the coming years.
American business gave a third world country billions to save the cost of American labor. The Chinese begged, borrowed and stole the technology needed in over 50 years to surpass us. This transfer of wealth and power was a unified effort unfettered by democrats or republicans.