Everything is substantially more expensive to build in the US than nearly anywhere else. There’s a long list of reasons for this. Sadly, we can’t fix it becau

Everything is substantially more expensive to build in the US than nearly anywhere else. There’s a long list of reasons for this. Sadly, we can’t fix it because we have lacked real leadership for decades (pick a number). The fitness function that drives our governmental system and process does not have a set of variables that measure good outcomes, particularly in the long term. Instead, we have devolved into a system full of idiots (politicians) lying, scheming and throwing fecal matter at each other. As long as people keep voting for these clowns nothing will improve. And, yes, there is a point of no return. Note that I have not identified a single political party.