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Don't forget rampant corruption. In my sleepy little town of Cincinnati the FBI has been jailing city council members for colluding with contractors and taking
by datavirtue 6y ago
Don't forget rampant corruption. In my sleepy little town of Cincinnati the FBI has been jailing city council members for colluding with contractors and taking bribes. It is so bad they said it seemed to be ingrained into the culture. Pan over to somewhere like New York that is many factors worse than Cincinnati as has been documented in The Power Broker and has likely gotten worse since. I now consider local development corruption to be the norm over the exception.
It is VERY difficult to get shovel ready for a two bedroom house, let alone a new bridge.
- pochamago 6y agoI don't have any evidence to back up my opinion, but my impression is that many of the countries the paper recommends emulating suffer similar corruption issues. My friends who've worked in China make it sound like bribery is a fundamental part of the process. This isn't to say that it's ok or cheap, just that I'm not sure it's a confounding factor when comparing the US to peers.
- dantheman 6y agoI'd say it's just the US has more money to steal.