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It is beyond stupid on so many levels only a politician could love it. The sad part is how much money politicians can waste without oversight, especially on dub
by Shivetya 11y ago
It is beyond stupid on so many levels only a politician could love it. The sad part is how much money politicians can waste without oversight, especially on dubious expenditures. They would get so much more bang for their buck putting up a solar array along the highway.
However this really sounds as if the politicians bought a bill of goods and simply could not comprehend they don't understand the issues. As in, they are the smartest people they know so they are incapable of being sold a bill of goods that are bogus.
- coderdude 11y agoPoliticians generally aren't the bumbling idiots us computer enthusiasts would like to imagine they are.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI prefer to look at it this way: effectiveness of their ideas is one of the least important things they optimize for. They're driven by constraints that have little to do with actual value to society.
- Piskvorrr 11y agoIn other words, if it does appear idiotic for all the technical reasons, it would follow other reasons are at play. (Call me a cynic, but "pork-barrel" immediately comes to mind.)
- tremon 11y agoPerhaps not, but it's also quite rare for a minister to be a domain expert in his portfolio.