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NIMBY is the least of the problems. The real problem is the private sector that exists to siphon money off the government spending. They amplify the cost of eac
by unity1001 4y ago
NIMBY is the least of the problems. The real problem is the private sector that exists to siphon money off the government spending. They amplify the cost of each initiative many times, making it utterly ineffective to invest in any infrastructure.
There is a reason why China's infrastructure industry is largely state-owned or dominated. It prevents such profiteering.
- phendrenad2 4y agoThis seems correct. A lot of the infrastructure people point to as examples of a time when America could build (such as the interstate highway system, or the old Penn Station in NYC) were built mostly by government, not private contractors.