You don't have a Capitalist Republic in USA anymore.  USA is a corrupt Corporatist society unfortunately. Therefore, the corporations are basically the government through what you guys call "lobbying" and we call bribes, and we all know long term things like healthcare, lifespans, military etc mean shit to companies. Only short term goals apply in corporate environment. Thus, the massive problems starting to occur. Whats the point in a corporation of building infrastructure that won't be completed until your dead and you make no money from it.