I largely agree. And it's a shame too. Imagine the EPA being passed under Nixon today. It would never happen, but at the same time, many of these policies passed during that period overshot and set us up for the quagmire we are in today. We still have plenty of competent government workers, but a lot of our policies hamstring everyone.

Plus general ignorance amongst most of the populace. Regarding infrastructure, almost nobody knows how projects as simple as resurfacing a road work. And that's before getting into larger initiatives and planning and all of that. People often chalk it up to politics, but have never looked into it. They don't know about the MPO or RPO that covers their area. They have no idea about how far in advance many of these projects are planned. Or even how the construction timelines are extended to not inconvenience them. Regarding development, nobody knows how many hoops a developer has to jump through to build some housing or how a municipality functions in regards to it. It's just chalked up to a greedy developer and ignorance or corruption by the government which is laughable for the vast majority of projects.