We typically think of roads and bridges as
infrastructure. So long as potholes are filled and bridges are safe, we take infrastructure for granted because our real goal is the journey, not the road. This is Public
Infrastructure which also includes other large undertakings such as national defense, elections, power
grids, etc. Less appreciated is
Personal Infrastructure, everything we all need to set us up for our enjoyable and productive journeys through life. Our most important
Personal infrastructure is health and education. Also are all the little tasks necessary to support our journey such as shopping, servicing cars, paying taxes, cleaning the house--endless.
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We assume government pays for public
infrastructure from roads and
bridges to national defense, with private financing for our capitalist development. Political disputes, however, rage over who pays for the
basics of Personal
Infrastructure, individual health and education.