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The thing is that money is not being "wasted" at all. It's profit for someone. Just like healthcare & education, building big infrastructure projects lines the

by grecy 4y ago

The thing is that money is not being "wasted" at all. It's profit for someone. Just like healthcare & education, building big infrastructure projects lines the pockets of everyone even tangentially involved, so there is no incentive to change anything. People are literally making millions of dollars.

devoutsalsa 4y ago
If you’re not getting a good return on your paid taxes, I’d call that wasteful spending.
- grecy 4y ago
  For YOU, sure. For the people getting rich, it’s working perfectly and nothing is going to change.
- AdrianB1 4y ago
  We call it corruption here in Eastern Europe. Call a spade a spade.
photochemsyn 4y ago
Transparency is the solution to that. For some reason, you also left out one of the largest government contracting sectors in the USA, i.e. military and intelligence procurement and contracting - where the waste is more extreme, as it can be hidden behind classification on 'national security grounds'.
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nicoburns 4y ago
I’m other words, the process is corrupt, allocating money to private interests rather than to actually constructing the project.
adamsmith143 4y ago
Of course it's wasted. If you paid for a service and received no service in return you typically call that fraud. Why would it be different in this case, because someone received "profit" for doing nothing it's all ok?
- grecy 4y ago
  The service is still getting done, it just costs 10x or 100x what it "needs" to, so that everyone along the way can make more profit. Not great for the person paying, but great for the people getting the money!
  - adamsmith143 4y ago
    >Not great for the person paying, but great for the people getting the money! Which is incredibly net negative for society.
    - grecy 4y ago
      > Which is incredibly net negative for society. Well, yes, of course. That is specifically how many systems are run in the USA. Healthcare, Education, Prisons, Infrastructure, military, government contracts. They're designed to suck money and resources away from the good of society to line the pockets of a few. They do a very good job of it.

by grecy 4y ago

devoutsalsa 4y ago

If you’re not getting a good return on your paid taxes, I’d call that wasteful spending.

grecy 4y ago
For YOU, sure. For the people getting rich, it’s working perfectly and nothing is going to change.
AdrianB1 4y ago
We call it corruption here in Eastern Europe. Call a spade a spade.

photochemsyn 4y ago

Transparency is the solution to that. For some reason, you also left out one of the largest government contracting sectors in the USA, i.e. military and intelligence procurement and contracting - where the waste is more extreme, as it can be hidden behind classification on 'national security grounds'.

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nicoburns 4y ago

I’m other words, the process is corrupt, allocating money to private interests rather than to actually constructing the project.

adamsmith143 4y ago

Of course it's wasted. If you paid for a service and received no service in return you typically call that fraud. Why would it be different in this case, because someone received "profit" for doing nothing it's all ok?

grecy 4y ago
The service is still getting done, it just costs 10x or 100x what it "needs" to, so that everyone along the way can make more profit. Not great for the person paying, but great for the people getting the money!
- adamsmith143 4y ago
  >Not great for the person paying, but great for the people getting the money! Which is incredibly net negative for society.
  - grecy 4y ago
    > Which is incredibly net negative for society. Well, yes, of course. That is specifically how many systems are run in the USA. Healthcare, Education, Prisons, Infrastructure, military, government contracts. They're designed to suck money and resources away from the good of society to line the pockets of a few. They do a very good job of it.