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Those programs cost that much exactly because governments are involved. The corruption and sheer inefficiency of a government balloons costs orders of magnitude
by nickpp 9y ago
Those programs cost that much exactly because governments are involved. The corruption and sheer inefficiency of a government balloons costs orders of magnitude.
There are countless examples where human ingenuity and private entrepreneurship has found frugal solutions to complex problems but none where governments are involved.
I do agree that with huge waste you can do in 2 years what would take 20, but I am not sure the cost is always worth it. Especially because that cost on the long term is a corrupt market on the long term, unable to function without further government interventions.
- alexasmyths 9y ago"There are countless examples where human ingenuity and private entrepreneurship has found frugal solutions to complex problems but none where governments are involved." Nobody is denying this. Nobody is saying that 'the government is the only source of innovation or should be managing the economy'. But there are many industries that would not exist without strategic involvement by state actors. Again - there are no 'big aircraft makers' in the entire world that are not backed by governments.