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Swiss maintain their road and tunnel infrastructure just fine. They have more tunnel miles per capita than the US. A lot depends on the fraction of value non-pr
by cft 8y ago
Swiss maintain their road and tunnel infrastructure just fine. They have more tunnel miles per capita than the US. A lot depends on the fraction of value non-producing population that the value producing population has to appease.
- erikpukinskis 8y agoWhat do Swiss tunnels have to do with Chinese bridges? And are you talking about unemployed people? How is that connected?
- forapurpose 8y ago> A lot depends on the fraction of value non-producing population that the value producing population has to appease. What does that mean in practice? Something to do with taxes and income distribution? Also, where could I find research supporting it?
- Arnt 8y agoOne branch of government pays for building roads, another pays for their maintenance.
- reaperducer 8y agoIt's not about "tunnels." It's about infrastructure as a whole. The OP's statement is insightful. Narrowing its scope to prove a tangential point is not.
- michaelcampbell 8y agoHow much underwater?
- xenadu02 8y ago> A lot depends on the fraction of value non-producing population that the value producing population has to appease True, the idle rich have demanded appeasement in the form of lower taxes at the expense of many things - including infrastructure maintenance. A point well-made!
- massaman_yams 8y agoRent extraction, rent extraction everywhere!