Last month, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, backed a bill that will give Iowa $64 million to replace and repair bridges. For obvious reasons, this is a good idea. Bridges, along with roads, sewage, and power lines are the basic building blocks of society. Without them, markets and people are disconnected from one another. It is great that bills such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or , which provide funds for powerline and water management, are being passed.