Is that the money will probably end up going to where it does the most political good, not where it does the most good for the infrastructure. It's why California wants to dump millions into a high-speed rail boondoggle, while roads don't get resurfaced.

The Minneapolis bridge collapsed due to a design flaw, not because it wasn't being maintained. There are real infrastructure issues in America, but most of these are supposed to be being handled at the state and local levels.

I have no doubt Obama can generate huge numbers of "dig the ditch then fill it in" jobs. Especially heavily unionized ones. The key to economic growth is whether any new wealth is actually being created, not just shifted from one section of the economy to another at an overall loss.