The nation's infrastructure received a D in a nationwide survey of civil engineers.
The nation's drinking water system alone needed a public investment of $11 billion a year to replace facilities, comply with regulations and meet future needs. But federal funding reached less than 10 percent of this amount. As a result, aging wastewater systems were discharging billions of gallons of untreated sewage into surface waters each year, the report said.
This is what happens when taxes are framed as a punishment rather than as an investment.