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Most infrastructure is paid for by states and cities, not via federal transfers. Your quote is actively deceptive, you literally cut out the second part of the same source here[1]:

> The federal government spent $44.8 billion on infrastructure in 2023 and transferred an additional $81.5 billion to states. In 2021, state and local governments spent $218.5 billion on transportation and infrastructure, excluding federal government transfers.

[1] https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/transportation-infra...



That's true, but states collect a lot of tax revenue themselves. In 2022 they collected $3.66 trillion.[0] the federal government collected $4.97 trillion in the same timeframe.[1]

Also note (a few rows down the table)[2] that the US government spends more than it collects in taxes. In 2022 the expenditures added up to $9.64 trillion.

Sure, it's not 2%. It's 3.6% instead.

[0] https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/20240607/html/f10...

[1] https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/20240607/html/f10...

[2] https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/20240607/html/f10...




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