See, so this is kind of my problem, right. You've said that it's an unrealistic goal because it's not politically viable at the federal level, which, you know, other comment, right, I don't necessarily think that the majority of roads that people interface with on a daily basis have to be dealt with at the federal level, or have to deal with federal budget

I don't think you understand the separation of power between the state and the federal government. The federal government cannot dictate to the states how they build their roads. If you wanted to make overarching changes that require the states to spend money in a way they are not inclined to do, it must be done through Congress.

Why is this, what the fuck are we talking about, you know? Like, what is the tradeoff here? What else would you rather spend fake money on? Why can't we just have healthcare and roads instead of having neither? Why is there this dichotomy, here?

I think you may want to take a civics course or something? There is a limited supply of funding, while people like you or I would like to spend that money on things like infrastructure and healthcare. There are people out there who would rather siphen that funding into private corporations to make themselves very very wealthy. The people who want to be very very wealthy are already very wealthy and in positions of power to exert their influence over the government.

Our government was created by the wealthy, and has built in protections to ensure that the wealthy stay in charge. It's literally the entire point of having a bicameral Congress, where the Senate has true control over what bills are signed into action.