According to the latest available estimates from the American Society of Civil Engineers, the economic fallout from a lack of infrastructure investment would be severe. The society projects that by 2025, the U.S. would suffer a near-$4 trillion loss in gross domestic product; a $7 trillion loss in business sales; 2.5 million lost jobs and a $3,400 reduction in the average American family’s disposable income.
Not all experts share this view of the country’s infrastructure, however.
