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>The broader point is that incompetence and corruption plagues institutions (public and private) of all sizes. Is it? Because it seems like it's just a funding
by macspoofing 11y ago
>The broader point is that incompetence and corruption plagues institutions (public and private) of all sizes.
Is it? Because it seems like it's just a funding problem. American infrastructure is in a pretty sad state. Fly into JFK and you don't get a sense you're flying into the richest nation in the world. The trains are decrepit. There's a looming bridge crisis, with ~20k bridges needing repair.
If there is incompetence it's that municipal, state and federal government don't want to pay for any of it because it would necessitate higher taxes and taxes are the devil.
- cmyr 11y agoFor more on this see the American Society of Civil Engineer's Infrastructure Report Card (http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org)
- prawn 11y agoComing into the US and driving many LA highways, it feels/sounds as though the car's tyres have suddenly got a nail/bolt stuck in them. So many seemed to be in a poor state with problematic expansion joints or cracking?