It looks like Biden will get some sort of infrastructure deal, either through the bipartisan deal agreed to, or more likely when the GOP walk away from that, a strictly partisan deal through reconciliation. It does seem that there's a chance that a "bricks and mortars and modems" infrastructure bill has a chance of making it into law through regular order. The "soft" infrastructure of child and elder care workers is more likely to pass with only Democratic votes.
But there's a third infrastructure in this country, and its problems are on tragic display in South Florida. For private real estate companies, avoiding expensive repairs is a profit imperative. With global warming making the soil under Miami less stable, who knows how many more buildings are in danger of collapse. I would guess there is zero chance that Champlain Towers is the only building in South Florida with some sort of subsoil structural issue.
Global warming is in the process of making parts of the planet unlivable. South Florida will be under water if we don't change things very, very soon. Infrastructure to combat global warming is in the existing bill - smart grids, clean energy - but the cost of relocating millions of Americans? We haven't begun to look at that.
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