You have to separate new infrastructure from maintenance. New infrastructure provides politicians with press and opportunities to pay off friends. It also prov

You have to separate new infrastructure from maintenance. New infrastructure provides politicians with press and opportunities to pay off friends. It also provides an ongoing maintenance expense. Maintenance is boring and expensive. Better to force yet another stadium through and leave the mess for the next pol. ...What are people going to use for a boogeyman once unions are finally extinguished?