So who's part of the 29%?

Mr. Blue Sky said
- Plus, we have an infrastructure crisis in this country. Remember that burst steam pipe in Manhattan NYC that made headlines last week?? Well, it made headlines because it occurred at one of the busiest intersections in the world and killed one person, injured 40. Guess what, those types of things (burst pipes, sinkholes on highways, etc.) happen several times every day across this country, but they don't make headlines. Our infrastructure is decaying, but, hey, taxes were cut- and the $$ we should have been using to maintain this country's infrastructure was instead funneled to corporate cronies... And people wonder why the gap between rich and poor is growing....
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Isn't a burst steam pipe in Manhattan a New York problem? Is it really the federal government's responsiblity to rehabilitate aging municipal infrastructure? My guess is, those wealthy Manhattanites used their tax cut money to shop on 5th Avenue, which no doubt increased local sales tax revenue, which is supposed to fix things like leaky underground steam pipes. Wonder what the borough president and his corporate cronies did with all that extra loot?