A PPP still leaves the public with a piece of infrastructure whose profits they have not been able to realize and cannot reinvest. The "future maintenance" also

A PPP still leaves the public with a piece of infrastructure whose profits they have not been able to realize and cannot reinvest. The "future maintenance" also tends to have a sunset period. Neoliberal schemes like this impoverish governments over time by selling off the country's wealth one project at a time. It doesn't actually make sense, it just looks good enough in the short run for politicians.