{"id":396598,"date":"2021-04-07T14:28:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=396598"},"modified":"2021-04-07T14:28:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:28:32","slug":"where-do-the-lefts-ridiculous-attempts-to-redefine-infrastructure-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-do-the-lefts-ridiculous-attempts-to-redefine-infrastructure-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do The Left\u2019s Ridiculous Attempts To Redefine \u2018Infrastructure\u2019 End?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhere-do-the-lefts-ridiculous-attempts-to-redefine-infrastructure-end%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=396598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-768.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div readability=\"30.810831426392\">\n<p>When we hear \u201cinfrastructure\u201d we typically think of roads, bridges, and railroad tracks. They are what allow us to get from point A to point B. Without these systems in place, our lives would be much more difficult, if not completely impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Despite our traditional use of the word \u201cinfrastructure\u201d, progressives are attempting to redefine the word in order to fundamentally transform our country. If they argue that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/28\/biden-to-push-infrastructure-before-health-and-family-care.html\">policies<\/a> like \u201cfree\u201d child care and \u201cfree\u201d community college are \u201cinfrastructure,\u201d then we subconsciously learn to regard that as an expected function of government, as something that the government <em>has&nbsp;<\/em>to provide us. It is something we become dependent on.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) explained this very concern during a segment on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig government socialists want to tax everybody all the time. They\u2019re looking for mechanisms to keep raising money. Why? Because they think they can spend their money better than you can, that they have all these big ideas,\u201d Cruz explained. \u201cYou look at Joe Biden\u2019s supposed infrastructure bill, over $2 trillion. Do you know how much of that infrastructure goes to building roads and bridges? Five percent. Ninety-five percent of the \u2018infrastructure\u2019 bill is spending money on things other than roads and bridges.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.5281690140845\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big Government Socialists think they can spend your money better than you can. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T1TW5Fxi6Q\">pic.twitter.com\/T1TW5Fxi6Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1379624388815958018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Cruz argued, this move is a \u201cshell game,\u201d a maneuver to inch us closer to socialism, to citizens relying on the government for everything from child care, to college, to food.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, our view of the government and the purpose of its existence begins to shift, meaning that we become <em>even more<\/em> dependent on the government to tell us what we can and cannot spend our money on and how to live our lives. More importantly, however, the notion of rugged individualism \u2014 the idea that you can achieve <em>anything<\/em> you set your mind to \u2014 is gone. The desire to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, to work hard for what we have, to take pride in what we do, diminishes.<\/p>\n<p>Americans are fiercely independent. We believe in working hard for what we have and only accepting help when situations are dire. Living on government handouts (made possible by your neighbors\u2019 hard-earned dollars) are antithetical to who we are as a nation, going against everything we were founded on.<\/p>\n<p>When progressives move to fundamentally transform our entire system of government, they are not just chipping away at our wallet. They are chipping away at the American spirit, and once they start, there is no end in sight.<\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we hear \u201cinfrastructure\u201d we typically think of roads, bridges, and railroad tracks. They are what allow us to get from point A to point B. 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