China’s embassy in Washington, D.C., has shared an image contrasting the country’s rail infrastructure with that of the United States in a pointed jab at Beijing’s rival amid simmering trade tensions.

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    10 days ago

    That’s the result of 40 years of trickle-down failing to trickle down. Had we taxed our wealthy, we too would have advanced infrastructure.

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      6 days ago

      It’s not the amount of taxes, it’s where the money is going. Big oil and car companies spend millions lobbying the government not to build or fund rail.

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      We wouldn’t even have needed to increase their taxs (we still should) car infrastructure is so horrendously expensive that they would have been saving money by investing more in rail and transit instead of “just one more lane bro”