Here's a sobering infrastructure report by the American Society of Civil Engineers:
Of the 15 areas the engineers looked at, three got worse and only one got better. The three that worsened were all transportation oriented: aviation dropped from a D+ to a D; so did public transit; and America's intricate roadway system potholed from a D to a D-. Only the energy system improved, from a D to a D+.
In 2005, the engineers said it would cost what would be $1.7 trillion in current dollars to fix what's broken. Now the pricetag is up to $2.2 trillion.
Putting 2.2 trillion into perspective: someone with $2.2 trillion could literally burn a trillion dollars in cash in a gigantic bonfire, and they'd still have $1.2 trillion.