Ugh!
As they've been busy focusing on their priorities overseas, at home infrastructure crumbles and things have been falling apart in a variety of ways. The warmongering activities have put the nation's reputation into disrepute in the eyes of many, it's cost the lives of many innocent people, ruined families, and scarred hundreds of thousands for life.
You bring up a pressing issue in our time, one that saddens me greatly. While the country at home suffers, our government is making up enemies and waging war, likely for OIL AND CONTROL. America is no longer the greatest nation- it doesn't even take care of its own people.
This deteriorating infrastructure is one of the leading reasons I've "opted out" in many ways of being a part of city life. I live in the country and of course it isn't perfect here, but I want to create something that does feel good, rather than be a part of the the wreck that is most American cities... It's a facade on Hollywood that the people of other countries see that gives them the American Dream.
The image you paint is the American Dream. Massive Debt, crumbling infrastructure and a government more focused on war mongering (and creating wars!) and posturing that even taking care of its people. The deterioration is catching up. We must create alternative societies now that are founded on sustainable ethics and practices. We must if we are to survive as a people!
Thanks for raising the awareness.